Guns don’t kill, people do

March 29, 2018
Stephen Firenze
San Mateo
 
John Lott in his study of gun violence, “More Guns Less Crime,” concluded that more guns lead to less crime, not more. Every state that has passed a concealed carry law has seen a drop in violent crime. All Father Coleman wants to do is disarm law-abiding citizens and take away their ability to defend themselves.
 
As to the violent mass murders such as the one at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, I would suggest other causes, to start with the millions of young men who are growing up fatherless due to the breakup of the family. Also, in the 1950s, God and all Christian moral laws were banned from the public square, including prayer from public schools. Then, in 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court legalized the murder of the most innocent of innocents, the unborn child. And recently, some states have legalized the murder of the elderly and the disabled through euthanasia. Why don’t we see any more Down syndrome babies being born? I wonder why.
 
It is a short step for a person raised in a nihilistic society to conclude that no life is precious and can be ended arbitrarily even if he just had a bad day.
 
Guns don’t kill people, people kill people.

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