The article I am highlighting today was published on the 24th of December, but I did not have time then to include it for gentle readers meditations. The article in question is by D. Parker at the American Thinker entitled Are they going to say the horrific murder of the woman on the subway was caused by "fire" violence? Actually, they aren't saying much of anything because this doesn't fit into any of their "narratives." First, it was committed by an illegal alien who has been living here rent free and squandering some $30 a day on drugs. Second, it didn't involve a firearm.
By now, you’ve probably heard of the horrific violence perpetrated by an illegal alien on an innocent woman riding New York's subway.
It’s part of a disturbing trend of illegal invaders committing unspeakable crimes while governments focus more on ‘social justice,’ and disarming the innocent.
No matter the facts, civilian disarmament zealots, better known as the gun-grabber lobby, persist in trying to take away our firearm freedoms. People are clearly the problem, not inanimate objects.
The nonsensical lie from the gun-grabbing left is that ‘If no one has a gun, no one needs a gun.’
Except that evil will always find a way to commit murder, so good people always need to be able to defend themselves.
The woman was apparently sleeping when the illegal alien poured something on her and the put a lighter to it. The woman woke up on fire. She was probably already blinded and her lungs were already burned when she stood up as a reflex. The death was horrific, one that a human being should not have to bear. But this kind of evil points to the real issue involved: It is not the tools they use to commit their crimes, but the evil intent of the criminal. He could have used a gun, of course, or a knife, or a screwdriver for that matter. All of them and more will kill if used to kill. But none of them has a moral compass. They are inanimate objects devoid of any motivation. Their lethality depends on the motivation of the person using them.
People are the problem, not inanimate objects, and it’s a fool’s errand to think that everyone can be magically made ‘safe’ with gun control, gun safety, gun reform or whatever the B.S. buzzword of the day is. You’ll always need a gun to defend yourself from knife, arson, and vehicle attacks, not to mention plain old governmental tyranny.
It’s also important to stop playing into the hands of the gun grabbers, referring to our firearm freedom as “gun rights” because it subliminally implies that certain inanimate objects have ‘rights.’
Parker is right on both counts. I have a confession to make. I have often used the term "gun rights" myself. Mea Culpa. They are not "gun rights" because guns have no rights. Rather, they are human rights. I, and indeed every human on the planet has a right to defend themselves from an attack on themselves and their loved ones. They also have a right to obtain and wield the most effective weapons they can obtain. In today's world, that is often a handgun because if can be carried everywhere and is instantly available when needed. But rifles, machine guns...who knows, maybe lasers...may in the future be necessary.
We are all made in the image of God. Our purpose is to be faithful images of God on earth. It is why the commandment not to murder, for you will be murdering an image of God. But because we are all fallen from our original purpose, some of us sometimes try to murder others. Until Christ comes again, one must remain vigilant to guard one's life. Thus, the need for a gun.
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