Most people, including you, have an internal guide to keep them from doing something they’ll regret. Some call it “conscience.” But what happens when these safeguards snap? Could you, would you follow a dangerous path or engage in a lawless immoral act?
All over the country sad individuals are exploding into evil
extensions of themselves. Rather than denying impulsive or outlandish thoughts,
they are giving into unbridled passion and letting it play out without weighing
the consequences.
Imagination becomes so real that they get caught up in the
excitement of the moment. Sane people control their thoughts. Insanity indulges
lawlessness and danger without regard to conscience or societal pressure. There
are no red flags or warnings to protect them from wrongdoing. They have
completely crossed over from reality to depravity.
Half the population thinks that stricter gun laws or banning
guns altogether is the answer. The other half says “guns don’t kill people,
people do,” as if the guns are blameless. However, the first thing a runaway
government does is to take control of and remove the only means of
self-protection the citizenry have. That’s why “the right to bear arms” is in
the Constitution.
While the “people” and their elected leaders fight over this
principle, the rest of us wait in fear for an answer. Some will decide to buy
and carry before the privilege is lost, while others hang back in fear waiting
for some crazy to “strike again.”
Artists are engaging in the battle through posters,
political cartoons, illustrations and commentary aimed at one side or the
other. But these campaigns don’t take into consideration that these “variations
on a theme” are in complete opposition to the Constitution. We need to take a
closer look at why these gun
incidents are happening, who is
committing the atrocities and where?
Most of the shootings have occurred in “gun free” zones. The
shooter knew that there would be no opposition to his attack and no other guns
on the scene, at least until the police arrived. Many of the shooters had a
history of mental illness. And some of them were jihadists converted by Isis
online.
All of these people managed to obtain guns anyway; some through illegal
means and others through regular channels and “quickie” permits with careless
background checks.
Most of these shooters were seeking recognition. They got
noticed, all right, but it may not have been the kind of attention they were seeking.
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