Friends and Family Could have Helped Craig Robertson

Family and friends of Craig Robertson, shot and killed by the FBI, should have talked him down. They knew he had an arsenal of guns. Many of them knew he was making threatening statements. Sometimes we might pass if off when someone says, "Somebody ought to take that scum out," but we shouldn't take it so lightly. If it reached that point, someone should have  stopped Robertson and said, "Craig, we love in our church. We love our enemies, even if they are democrats. We don't 'take them out.' I love you, bro, but you don't want to talk like that. Please. Thoughts become words and words become actions. Please, please, please don't talk like that."

We listen to those who love. Robertson had plenty of people who loved him and they could have made a difference.

If we have a friend who drinks, we take the keys away from him. This is no different. We should step in to discourage and dissuade. If we are a true friend -- if we truly love them -- that's what we will do.

Robertson was a cherished member of his community, a much-loved member of his church congregation. Perhaps he didn't need to die. Those who love can turn their friends around. Nobody is perfect in this world. Robertson wasn't. But, friends and family could have perhaps helped him overcome his flaw of hating Democrats who were national leaders to the point that he spoke of killing them.