Clearing The Air

In answer to Mr. Brown’s comments about my recent letter to the Star Democrat I would like to clear the air in this debate. First I am a Christian, American, conservative, and an independent voter, in that order. I am not a member of the NRA. I think for myself and do not have to use the talking points of the NRA or anybody else to make my point. Furthermore I do not own any guns. At seventy two years of age it makes no difference to me what this country decides to do about guns. I do worry about my grand kids living in a world that will only get worse.

Where does the blame go for this latest shooting in Florida? Is it the AR-15? Or does the blame go somewhere else? The FBI was notified twice, the sheriff’s department was notified about this young man 39 times. The school knew about him and what was done? There were several sheriffs deputies who stood outside and would not even go in while kids were being shot.  So people should give up their guns and let the government protect us. What a great choice.

People have had guns in their home for over two hundred years and mass shootings have only become a problem in the last thirty years. If a person would look and then think a little they would very clearly see a connection between the rise of gun violence and the decline of disciplining our children. We, as a nation, have taken Bible reading, prayer, and pledge allegiance out of our schools to having armed guards patrolling the halls of our schools. We have gone from backing our teachers to yelling and screaming at them. At one time the greatest problem was chewing gum in school or smoking in the bathroom. Then Charlie Brown started crying; “Why is everybody picking on me” Now look were we are at. It is not a gun problem. It is a sin problem and a nation that is turning its back on God. What we sow that we will reap!

So we have band fertilizer, box cutters, pen knives, and now it is the gun (not just the AR-15) we want to band. Do not be fooled if you think it is only the AR-15.  My question is what is next on the list to band. Will it be rolling pens, shovels, or hammers?  We are not looking at the big picture here. Yes gun violence is part of the problem but so are a lot of other things. We have Kids without fathers, kids not knowing if God made them a male or female, or which bathroom to use. It is called the dumbing down of our kids. The liberals would have you believe it takes a whole community to raise our kids, when in truth it is the family unit that is the building blocks of this country.  Until this nation returns to God things will only get worse.