Try to halt violence by restricting gun ownership and you won't halt violence. But you will create entire classes of new criminals – people who make paperwork errors, violate technical specification of the law, or rebel against the new restrictions. And you'll create new bureaus, new enforcement arms, new prisons to punish them. You'll make hordes of lawyers and bureaucrats very happy. Organized criminals will be grateful to the naive moral crusaders ("useful idiots") as they profit by selling an illegal product. And ordinary street criminals will bless fools, legislators, and "leaders" for making their job so much safer.
~ JPFO's "Bill of Rights Sentinel", Fall 2001
URGENT CALL TO REPENTANCE: All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to the Lord. And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before Thee. For the Kingdom is the Lord’s and He rules among the nations. (Psalm 22:27-28)
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After I read this an incident involving one of my professors from last semester came to mind. The class I was taking was the psychology of War and Peace. The teacher is an avowed pacifist.
There is nothing wrong with wanting peace and an end to conflict. Most normal people would. I pray for the time to come when we will practice war no more.
We were debating the idea if humans were violent by nature or nurture. I took the stance that until the natural man (who is an enemy to God) is changed there will be violence.
Violence is like pollution. Getting rid of all pollution is impossible. However we can limit the amount of pollution that there is. I believe it is the same with violence.
Until Jesus Christ returns in millennial glory to this earth there will always be violence. I realize this. Carrying a concealed firearm on campus (which is legal in Utah) does not make me a crazy or paranoid. It is the exact opposite.
I do not fear the what ifs that might happen because I am prepared for them.
Getting rid of guns will not get rid of violence. We had violence before we had guns.
It comes down to those who want to disarm the people, deep down inside themselves want to be able to compel people to do what they think is right without fear of retaliation.
Excellent insight, Lucky. You're correct: violence predates weapons altogether. Cain murdered Abel when they were part of the only family on the planet. Sticks, stones, pointy objects of all sorts - the tool is just a tool, but its purpose changes according to the intent of the person using it.
I'm glad your state allows you to carry. Even the western states are beginning to forget their history.
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