I have been reluctant to write about the shooting in Maine, but Olivia Murray at the American Thinker has a post that speaks to what she describes as gross ignorance bordering on the criminal. At the least, this ignorance, being willful, is despicable. Ms. Murray's article can be found at Maine shooting provides Democrats with a fresh opportunity to flaunt their low (firearms) IQ. But before she gets into what is so despicable about the Democrats' response, she points out that both sides make political points about firearms. Mrs. PolyKahr sometimes asks when I became so "radical." I, of course, do not think of myself of radical, but it was this constant threat, going back to at least the 1960s, to take away the tools that make self-defense possible.
In the wake of the Maine shooting, Democrats immediately pounced to politicize the tragedy for their anti-gun agenda. Now, I’ve seen a number of responses from conservatives on the matter, scolding the Democrats and their “despicable” behavior—how dare they use a terrible act of violence as a political talking point, because “now is not the time.”
Don’t get me wrong, the Democrats are despicable, but politicizing a shooting spree isn’t what makes them so—after all, conservatives (including myself) continuously highlight instances of criminal firearm behavior, relating it to the political sphere… and rightfully so.
When children were mowed down in Robb Elementary, how did we immediately respond? Well, we demanded to know why the legislature and Greg Abbott had failed to enact laws requiring armed guards or teachers at schools, and questioned FBI involvement. When a “trans” freak shot up the school in Nashville, we immediately called out the obvious, noting the shooter was a sick individual whose “trans” ideations clearly indicated a serious mental health crisis, and the political movement to encourage “gender transitions” can only reap blood and stolen innocence.
An anti-gun agenda is of course political, and it causes a lot of death—think Pol Pot, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, or Adolf Hitler (among others). Conversely, a pro-gun agenda is also political—think the American revolution of 1776.
But you know what is despicable regarding Democrats and the politicization of murders involving firearms? Their unparalleled ignorance and stupidity, coupled with the fact that they feel entitled to participate in government and political affairs, having the audacity to trod on my God-given right to self-defense.
Murray finishes her essay by pointing out that there is in fact Judeo-Christian use for guns. Guns, first of all are neutral, neither good nor bad. It doesn't matter what type of weapon it may be, whether semiautomatic, or single shot. The size of the magazine doesn't matter. The caliber doesn't matter. When the person wielding the weapon slays innocent people, the person is evil, not the gun. When the person uses a gun to protect innocent life, the person does good, not the gun. Guns are just tools, and the craftsman never blames his tools.
If you view semi-automatic rifles as strictly being implements designed to “kill people” then you’re missing the point of firearms under a Judeo-Christian gun culture, and honestly, you kind of sound like a criminal—it’s a tool meant to protect people from violent aggressors, and liberate people from would-be oppressors. And, if that means you have to “kill people” to do so, then so be it; Robert Card, the alleged shooter, used the firearm to indiscriminately kill innocent people, which is in the wrong way. Those Israeli kibbutz defenders? The right way.
These instances of ignorance so frequently on display from Democrats brings me to the next and last point, and that is that once again, the Democrats prove why they have no business being involved in government at all—the government exists for one purpose and one purpose only, and that is to secure unalienable rights for the people of the citizenry. And, when politicians want to strip me, and every other peaceable American of the greatest tool we have to secure our lives, liberty, and property, then they’ve acknowledged they’re incapable and unqualified to make any decisions regarding our lives, liberty, and property. Continuing to force their will on us, makes them... despicable.Olivia Murray makes one of the best defenses of the gun as our continuing need for effective defense tools.
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