Speaking from a non American perspective, is this not the most perfect time to push the prolife agenda with a Supreme Court heavily weighed with prolife judges? How mighty would the prolife position be with SCOTUS bringing about restrictions on abortion and guns as the twin causes for life in the USA!
I come from the perspective of a public school employee, so I can tell you what I see on a daily basic. About half our students have divorced parents, single moms or dads, are being raised by another relative, or are in foster care. Many are treated as disposable and certainly act out because of this. We have multiple students each year that raise red flags. Our district has added more mental health workers to try to address these issues, but it is impossible to compensate for a lack of family structure.
If we want to fix this problem, we MUST work to restore the family unit and preach the Gospel of Love loudly and persistently. If you understand that there is a God and that He loves you enough to send his son to die for you, then you can appreciate your value as a person. Those who value their own lives, do not seek to take the lives of others!
Killing children in the womb is legal. Killing children with guns is illegal.
Anti-abortion laws would outlaw the killing of children. The tools used by abortionists are neutral and have legitimate purposes, so they are not targeted by anti-abortion laws.
Killing children with guns is already illegal, so gun laws don't do that. Gun laws target the tools used by murderers, even though they are neutral and have legitimate purposes.
A gun law restricting the purchase of an AR-15 or a handgun is like an "anti-abortion" law restricting the purchase of suction or saline: It doesn't address the problem. It inhibits the legitimate use of these medical tools, and it won't even prevent abortions.
That's why restricting the purchase of suction or saline doesn't make one "pro-life", and it's analogous to why restricting the purchase of certain weapons doesn't make one "pro-life".
(That's from a legal standpoint. The biggest problem is America's spiritual decline. We didn't have this problem before approximately the 1990s.)
Also, "common sense" gun laws generally sound good but won't solve the problems to which they're supposedly a reaction. If anyone wants to know why, I'll be happy to expound in general or regarding specifics; at a minimum, consider that the NY SAFE law didn't reduce the lethality of the weapon used in Buffalo at all AND ensured that the shooter knew that his target was full of unarmed victims.
"Do something!" is not a strategy. We need to focus our energy on what truly matters, not on an emotional need to do something -- anything! -- in the hope that we'll get lucky and it will fix the problem.
Adkins, above, said a number of incorrect things, but he was correct when he said that we could “focus as a start on comprehensive school safety legislation that provides funding for, among other things, school security personnel, building security enhancements, and mental health initiatives for students”. These things will have a much stronger effect than any of the "common sense" gun laws that get proposed when these shootings happen.
Speaking from a non American perspective, is this not the most perfect time to push the prolife agenda with a Supreme Court heavily weighed with prolife judges? How mighty would the prolife position be with SCOTUS bringing about restrictions on abortion and guns as the twin causes for life in the USA!
These mass shootings indicate a deep spiritual problem, first and foremost. Prayer, and fasting, is much more important than any one policy response.
I come from the perspective of a public school employee, so I can tell you what I see on a daily basic. About half our students have divorced parents, single moms or dads, are being raised by another relative, or are in foster care. Many are treated as disposable and certainly act out because of this. We have multiple students each year that raise red flags. Our district has added more mental health workers to try to address these issues, but it is impossible to compensate for a lack of family structure.
If we want to fix this problem, we MUST work to restore the family unit and preach the Gospel of Love loudly and persistently. If you understand that there is a God and that He loves you enough to send his son to die for you, then you can appreciate your value as a person. Those who value their own lives, do not seek to take the lives of others!
The solution to shootings is not to disarm the victims.
Abortion laws and gun laws are not equivalent.
Killing children in the womb is legal. Killing children with guns is illegal.
Anti-abortion laws would outlaw the killing of children. The tools used by abortionists are neutral and have legitimate purposes, so they are not targeted by anti-abortion laws.
Killing children with guns is already illegal, so gun laws don't do that. Gun laws target the tools used by murderers, even though they are neutral and have legitimate purposes.
A gun law restricting the purchase of an AR-15 or a handgun is like an "anti-abortion" law restricting the purchase of suction or saline: It doesn't address the problem. It inhibits the legitimate use of these medical tools, and it won't even prevent abortions.
That's why restricting the purchase of suction or saline doesn't make one "pro-life", and it's analogous to why restricting the purchase of certain weapons doesn't make one "pro-life".
(That's from a legal standpoint. The biggest problem is America's spiritual decline. We didn't have this problem before approximately the 1990s.)
Also, "common sense" gun laws generally sound good but won't solve the problems to which they're supposedly a reaction. If anyone wants to know why, I'll be happy to expound in general or regarding specifics; at a minimum, consider that the NY SAFE law didn't reduce the lethality of the weapon used in Buffalo at all AND ensured that the shooter knew that his target was full of unarmed victims.
"Do something!" is not a strategy. We need to focus our energy on what truly matters, not on an emotional need to do something -- anything! -- in the hope that we'll get lucky and it will fix the problem.
Adkins, above, said a number of incorrect things, but he was correct when he said that we could “focus as a start on comprehensive school safety legislation that provides funding for, among other things, school security personnel, building security enhancements, and mental health initiatives for students”. These things will have a much stronger effect than any of the "common sense" gun laws that get proposed when these shootings happen.
Security checkpoints in all schools