Who Can Stop a Bad Man with a Gun?

A good man with a gun?

A good man with a gun is not reported in the headlines very often, though.

Did you know that the gunman responsible for the Clackamas Mall shooting in Portland, Oregon was thwarted by an armed shopper?

 

 

“The mainstream media almost never reports when an armed civilian saves someone. It might actually show value in the second amendment.” ~ Mike Saxton, author of 7 Scorpions.

We don’t blame cars for drunk drivers; why do we blame guns for violent criminals? Should we throw away our spoons because they make us fat? Or maybe we should sue the spoon manufacturers for endangering our health?

Of course not, because we as rational humans know the difference between right and wrong. We make conscious choices and decisions.

A gun did not walk into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, pull its own trigger and kill those precious, innocent children and teachers. The irrational human being that wielded it did.

A father of one of the students killed in the Columbine Massacre in Littleton, Colorado spoke before a House Committe on gun-control:

“The first recorded act of violence was when Cain slew his brother Abel out in the field. The villain was not the club he used, neither was it the NCA – the National Club Association – the true killer was Cain, and the reason for the murder could only be found in his heart. In the days that followed the Columbine tradgedy, I was amazed at how quickly fingers began to be pointed at groups such as the NRA. I am not a member of the NRA, I am not a hunter, I do not even own a gun, I’m not here to represent or to defend the NRA, because I don’t believe they are responsible for my daughter’s death, therefore I don’t believe they need to be defended by me. If I believed that they had anything to do with Rachel’s murder, I would be their strongest opponent. I am here today to declare that Columbine was not just a tradgedy, it was a spiritual event which should be forcing us to look at where the real blame lies.” ~ Darrell Scott

I don’t think our founding fathers envisioned magazines or semi-automatic weapons when they created the Second Amendment. That being said, they were trying to prevent a corrupt government from ever enslaving it’s citizens:

“Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any bands of regular troops that can be, on any pretense, raised in the United States. ~ Noah Webster

Laws that forbid the carrying of arms…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.” ~ Thomas Jefferson, quoting Cesare Beccaria in On Crimes and Punishment.

“I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.” ~ Thomas Jefferson

“One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.” ~ Thomas Jefferson to George Washington

Gun control does not disarm criminals; it only makes it easier for them to victimize law abiding citizens. It’s debatable whether tighter gun-control laws would prevent the next massacre, but better mental-health policies sure might.