Monday, June 18, 2018

In the Eyes of Society, He's a Patriot

   A burglar slips into a home 3 a.m. in the morning. The homeowner hears a noise, grabs a gun, and goes to investigate. He spots the burglar in the living room, where he is leaning over to pick up a television. The homeowner fires a round of bullets into his back and head, and the invader drops dead to the floor.
   Justified homicide?
   The next day, the story in the newspaper gives no details, only saying the home was invaded and the home invader was shot and killed. The comments at the bottom of the online news story all say that if you break into a home in the middle of the night, you need to understand there are consequences.
    With some of the commenters, I don't think it would make a difference if the news accounts did say the burglar had his back to the homeowner. You don't enter someones home in the middle of the night, period. If you do, you've got to understand that getting shot and killed could be the penalty.
   In the eyes of the world, the homeowner is a hero. He was protecting his wife and his children. In the eyes of society, he is a patriot, just exercising his Second Amendment rights.
   How have we come to this point, that we view this as justice? How have we become so carried away with gun rights that things that are clearly terribly wrong are accepted as right and just? -- Even by wonderful and good and church-going people?
   Wrong is wrong, regardless what the world might say. The Ten Commandments still have value, and should carry more weight than do gun rights.

 

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