On Saturday night, I had been unable to sleep. So when I laid down Sunday night after a long day, I slept hard. I woke early Monday morning feeling refreshed. My mind is at its clearest in the early mornings, so that is when I do my most productive studying, reading, and writing. As I sipped my coffee, I perused the headlines on my computer. There was news of yet another shooting spree. This one was still closer to my footprint. This one was in Birmingham, AL. Four people have already been killed and dozens more are injured, some with life-threatening injuries. The reports I read said the incident appeared like a targeted attack. “Hit” was the word the law enforcement spokesman used.
Of course, the event is politicized. The big government people call it ‘gun violence.’ They say they’re concerned about ‘gun violence,’ as if guns just jumped up on their own, with invisible magic legs, loaded themselves, got into cars and trucks, drove down to the party disctrict of Birmingham, sought out targets for assassination, pulled their own triggers, then sped off into the night. Don’t your guns do that? Isn’t that the way those inanimate things work? Huh?
It’s remarkable how entire demographics are pimped by talking points about ‘gun violence,’ as if guns had wills. But critical thinking skills have taken leave of so many people. People just emote instead.
If you pay attention, you will recognize that shooting sprees rise right before political elections. The dinosaur media cover the events with lockstep canned bromides and talking points. And the sheeple go right along with the script and somehow assume (not think!) that guns–not criminals–are to blame.
Folks, guns are not our problem. Human sin is the problem. People without self-discipline, who are unrestrained by God’s moral law, are the problem.
But that does not fit big government’s leftist agenda, so the talking points just keep washing over the masses of unthinking sponges, and the violent take more by force, completely missing the underlying issues.
Most people simply refuse to admit reality until it comes to their doorstep. But it is coming, and quickly. Then you will understand at last, but it will be too late. Folks, this is why discernment and courage are vital.
My country is being overrun by those whose consciences are seared. As Yeats penned, “The best lack all conviction, while the worst/Are full of passionate intensity.”
MIND & MATTERS 
The more we move to a collectivist mindset, the more personal responsibility is downplayed. That’s one reason I love this quote from Ronald Reagan, “We must reject the idea that every time a law’s broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.”
When the individual is diminished, the individual’s need for redemption is also diminished. By removing the consequences of people’s choices, we reduce their capacity to see a need for a savior.
Kyrie elision!!
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Yes and amen, Johnny.
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Of course, brother.
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