2nd Amendment

“Woke Up This Morning” by Alabama 3

The Whole Armor of God
Ephesians 6:10-17

10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.

11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

14 Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

16 above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one.

17 And take the helmet of Salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

An area of concern to all Americans is the current administration’s interest in banning and controlling guns in America. There is a reason why governments are committed to disarming their citizens. They want to maintain their monopoly of violence, no matter what. The idea of an armed citizenry is anathema to most politicians. After all, what’s a monopoly for, if not to be forced upon unsuspecting and ignorant citizens?

In the 20th century, tyrannical governments were responsible for approximately 170,000,000 nonmilitary deaths: Armenian Christians in Turkey, “undesirables” of all sorts in Soviet Russia and Nazi Germany, political dissenters in Nationalist and later Communist China, Mayan aboriginals in Guatemala, Ugandans, Cambodians, and the ethnic Tutsis of Rwanda.

In every single case, the victims were first subjected to mass disarmament.

The National Academy of Sciences — hardly a pro-gun organization — admitted that after years of researching the effects of “gun control” it could not conclude that any measure had been effective at reducing crime or saving lives.

“Laws that forbid the carrying of arms,” wrote Thomas Jefferson, quoting the criminologist Cesare Beccaria, “disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed one.”

One does not have to be a member of a militia group to see that gun control only leaves people at the mercy of thugs and dictators. You can cling to the fantasy that gun control works, contrary to all reason and despite all evidence to the contrary, but it has been demonstrated time and again to be a universal failure. It is, frankly, foolish and immoral.

Genocide happens. But it doesn’t happen whenever the would-be targets own guns!!