Our Love of Guns Equal to Some of the Trouble They Get Us Into
That means gun control will be considered. But, if we look at all our mass shootings, and what is helping bring on many of them, is it the lack of gun control? I don't know whether that is the case. Rather, it is our love of guns that perhaps is the problem, the need we see for everyone to own a gun. Gun enthusiasts abound. People view guns as a protection of freedom (and perhaps they are). They read the Second Amendment, and say, "Well, then, I should go out and buy a gun." They look to guns to save them both from warriors invading America, and from the criminals already here in America.
What would be beneficial is not gun control, but self control of our love of guns. If we changed our attitude on guns, it would be well. Yes, the Constitution is a wonderful document. But just because it says the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed upon does not mean everyone should go out and buy a gun. Our patriotism is not equal to how many guns we own.
Two days ago, I wrote this, but didn't publish it. I meant to publish it the next day, but didn't:
"Our nation is running a gun up the flag pole, it seems. We are not just patronizing the ownership of guns, but patriotizing it."
If I had published it as I intended to, it would have been online very early in the morning before the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut.
And then people would have wondered about the timing. But I do agree with you. I think our love affair with the freedom to own a gun and other destructive weapons will come to bite us hard. Read EtherChapter 15 of the Book of Mormon.
ReplyDelete