I really intended to take Father’s Day off to be with my children (and I will do that, once I can pry my ever-sleeping teenager from her bed), but first I felt compelled to address an unsigned Denver Post editorial, Still waiting for Congress on guns.
Like so many members of the media, the editorial board of the Post betrays a a complete lack of understanding of the intent of the Bill of Rights, and of the Second Amendment in particular, as the following passages from their op-ed make abundantly clear.
In the wake of another school shooting, this time in Oregon, President Obama last week was asked what he was going to do to stop these kinds of incidents.
Obama said there was nothing to be done until there was a “fundamental shift in public opinion where people say, ‘enough. .. This isn’t the price we should be paying for our freedom.”
Sadly, the president is right.
The package of legislation that Obama proposed in 2013 after the horrific mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut would have banned assault-style weapons, mandated universal background checks and placed a 10-round limit on ammunition magazines.
They were modest but prudent reforms.The purpose of the Second Amendment is now, and has always been, crystal clear.
Americans have the inalienable right to own arms (not just firearms) of contemporary military utility in order to ensure that We, the People, can be conquered by neither foreign foes, nor domestic tyrants.
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I would add that right right to keep and bare arms, is Biblical. Quoting Jesus to his disciples (Luke 22:36); He said to them, "But now if you have a purse, take it and also a bag; and if don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one."
ReplyDeleteI tust too, that my understanding of the above verse is correct and I am not taking it out of context, thereby changing the meaning of that verse.
I do believe it is the duty of a Christian to defend those who can not defend themsleves or help those when attacked by evil people.
Question for all liberals and gun control advocates; If banning assault-style weapons, mandated universal background checks and 10 round limits on ammunition magazines is such a great idea, then why not start with ALL LEOS, and celebrity bodygards first?
What gun control advocates also refuse to understand is that all sporting arms were once miltary firearms. Americans have a long history of taking the military firearm and later using it as a hunting or self defense weapon. It does not suprise me at all to see hunting rifles based on the AR/M16 platform.
The entire issue regarding gun control is summed in the maxim: Free men own guns, slaves don't. So which side are you on? The domestic tryannts want to make you their slaves/serfs. I fear that it will take war to resolve the issue. The domestic tryannts have zero intention of leaving you alone. It IS a religous matter for them. They want you to worship "the state" as your g-o-d, with them serving as the self appointed high priests and guardians of the true faith.
It is also a Natural Right.
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They want you to worship "the state" as your g-o-d, with them serving as the self appointed high priests and guardians of the true faith.
Well put.