I'm LDS too haha.
And as for worshiping a God of love... There is a lot of violence in the bible, but that doesn't mean God doesn't love us. But without war there is no peace... Infact, the Lord got super ****** in Numbers 32 because two tribes Israel would NOT go to war with each other...
These are my thoughts on the matter:
They didn't have guns back in those days... But the sword was the AR-15 of that era in time. The best in technology back then.
Jesus said to his apostles in Matt 10:34 "Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a...