Day: January 2, 2013

Final Gun Thoughts

I had moved this post to drafts……after I wrote it after the Newtown massacre and then thought that there would be enough noise coming from both sides and mine would be lost in the translations…….but then I read some of the posts across the web, both pro and con, and I decided to resurrect my post……

The happenings in Newtown makes the conversation necessary (again)……..what can be done to stop these types of attacks?

let me begin…….

1–THERE IS NOBODY COMING FOR YOUR GUNS!  This LIE is getting old and tired.

2–There is no one who wants to take away the 2nd amendment rights

3–Part of the argument is self defense…….if you need 30 rounds to defend yourself, then apparently you are blind as a bat…..then buy a shotgun and improve your chances.

4–What about the collectors of assault weapons?  Give them all they want and a licensing fee annually of $5000….

5–They like shooting the weapons……do something good for the country and join the Army….I guarantee they will allow you all the access you would like to your assault weapons.  (Somehow this will not be an option….talk is cheap)……..

6–Arming teachers is a MORONIC idea!  If you need informing about the causes and the reaction of brain chemistry then maybe you do not need a gun…….

7–Put guards in schools……another idea pulled from their asses……where does this piece of crap end?  Next it will be guards in movies or malls or wherever the morons strike……where will this cash come from to pay these people?

8–Every time one of the douche bags opens his mouth about gun control sales go up……….you are NO safer but gun industry makes tons more money…….

9–Answer to gun violence is more guns……..where is the logic in that statement?

I could play the game a post about a hundred links and someone will retort with there 100 links and NOTHING will be accomplished….and that is what the plan is…..do nothing and wait for it to happen again and talk it to death until nothing is accomplished………SNAFU!

Why Sandy Hook?

By now just about everything that can be possibly said has been…….the shootings were horrific and of course there has been questions after questions and explanation after explanation given for why anyone would do such a thing…..blame has been placed on the gun, the person, the day, and any other reason for the massacre…..I have read many of them and have thought some pretty good analysis and others that I thought were total crap……….and by now you would think that we had heard it all……hold the phone!

But these reasons are just bovine fecal matter…….these are reasons that God would not intervene in this situation……..from a Christian (total bullshit), John Hawkins…….

1) He gives us free will: God didn’t make robots who were designed to execute His will. Instead He gave us the freedom to make our own decisions. He lets us choose between being right and wrong, good and evil or wise and foolish. We can follow Him or scorn Him. We can obey Him or ignore Him. We can take His advice or go our own way. It’s our choice…and sometimes choices have terrible consequences. But, of course, how could it be otherwise and still be a choice?

2) It’s a necessity for faith: “If God wanted to remove all doubt about his existence, He could do so — but, He doesn’t because the cornerstone of Christianity is faith. Imagine what would happen if bad things DIDN’T happen to good people. What if when an airline crashes, only the non-Christians die while all the believers walk away unscathed? What if the moment someone becomes an atheist, he is immediately struck by lightning and killed? What if every rape, murder, robbery, and painful illness only happens to non-believers? If that were the case, then no faith would be required to be a Christian.”

3) He has a different perspective: Our God gave “His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” Imagine being in his place as Jesus was jeered, whipped and had to suffer and die in agony on the cross. What would run through your mind as your Son was crucified and uttered the words, “My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?” when you had the power to free Him, heal His wounds and strike down His tormentors at will. Our God made that sacrifice for each and every one of us so that we could be saved. That’s how much He cares for us. Yet and still, God has known the hopes, hurts, loves and secret dreams of all of us who’ve come into this world, lived our lives and passed on. After watching billions of people He cares for die and shouldering responsibilities we can’t even begin to fathom, God doesn’t see the world through the same eyes as we do.

4) We often turn to God in times of tragedy: One of the sad truths of human nature is that when we’re happy, healthy, loved, secure and our pockets are full, most of us think we already have all the answers and don’t turn to God. As C.S. Lewis wrote, “God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: It is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.” It’s not that God wants us to ache, causes it, or wishes for it to happen, but He realizes that’s often what spurs us in His direction. A long pleasant existence full of leisure, contentment and pleasure that ends with a trip to Hell because there was never a need to reach for God is a failed life.

5) Ultimately it’s about Heaven, not earth: What we do with our lives is no small matter. We should try to make the most of our talents, do what we can for others and make the most of what we have. But, it’s worth remembering that Billy Graham was right when he said, “My home is in Heaven. I’m just traveling through this world.” Our lives seem long and crucially important because it’s all we can see, hear, and touch, but God knows there’s an eternity that stretches beyond our time here. It can be incredibly painful when our time here ends with those we care about, but God gets to see the reunions in the next lifetime.

Have you ever heard such total horse manure?