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Mike's avatar

Thank you for this thought provoking piece...

If they can't be trusted to protect our free speech,

If they can't be trusted to protect the lives of our unborn children,

If they can't be trusted to protect our right to freely assemble,

If they can't be trusted to protect our boarder from illegal aliens,

If they can't be trusted to tell us the truth about our current financial situation,

If they can't be trusted to protect our energy independence so we are not dependent upon nations that despise us for the energy resources needed to maintain our jobs and homes,

Then why would we trust them for our personal protection?

It's illogical at best and dangerous at worst.

-Pastor Allen Jackson, World Outreach Church, Murfreesboro, Tennessee

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Big E's avatar

Legislators acting rashly in the name of bi-partisanship or just to “do something” is rash and, frankly, plain stupid. (For the record, I used to be anti-gun, but I was wrong. I’m still anti-violence unless there’s no other option.)

The Founders created the 27-word Second Amendment “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED.” to protect “We the People” from the natural tendency of men to control other men – i.e., tyranny.

We don’t take cars away from law-abiding drivers because a mentally ill man plowed down a Christmas-gathering in Waukesha. We don’t remove kitchen utensils from every home because a man stabbed his wife 200 times. We don’t cut off everyone’s hands because a man strangled his son. And we SHALL NOT take a law-abiding American’s firearms or ammunition because a mentally ill man tragically murdered teachers and children in a school.

Such actions are not only unconstitutional, they are stupid and – most important – they will not solve the problem!

The real elephant in the room is mental illness made worse by anti-depressants and other drugs. Drug-fueled mental illness has been involved in nearly every senseless murder, whether committed with cars, edged weapons, hands, or guns. The type of weapon doesn’t matter: people still die tragically.

Two brilliant doctors wrote excellent Substack articles about drugs, mental health, and murder – especially mass murder. Legislators and others who call for gun regulation MUST read these articles, regardless of their feelings about firearms:

• School shootings. I am sorry, but this needs to be said. (with daily updates, May 25, 2022) by Meryl Nass: https://merylnass.substack.com/p/school-shootings-i-am-sorry-but-this

• The Evidence for Antidepressants Causing Mass Shootings (May 27, 2022) by A Midwestern Doctor: https://amidwesterndoctor.substack.com/p/the-evidence-for-antidepressants?s=r

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