My heart, like those of so many others across the nation, was destroyed this past week by the horrific murders of twenty innocent, beautiful children and six adults who gave their lives trying to guard those innocents. Death comes for us all, eventually. But the pain of death created by the hand of uncontrolled evil has the deepest bitter sting and leaves the most savage scars.
In the wake of this latest brutality, I’ve read much on what we as a nation should do to further safeguard future innocent lives. Obviously, what we’re doing now is not effective. These types of massacres have become all too common, blasting across the news services every few weeks or even days. The difficulty seems to be in deciding what measures would truly be effective in saving those lives. I am always an advocate of using logic and wisdom to solve any problem. Which begs the question: have we used logic and wisdom to deal with this problem so far?
Just briefly, I’ll make the observation that these events have several factors in common. First is the known presence of mental illness on the part of the perpetrator. Second is the possible effects of psychotropic drugs used by the perpetrator. Third is the publicly endorsed pronouncement of ‘Weapons-Free Zones’. Fourth is a gray area where some evidence has arisen that the perpetrator’s mentality may have been under subversive influences.
While many are again screaming to control the guns, this makes no logical sense. Guns do not fire themselves, nor do guns commit murder. A gun is simply an inanimate object that CANNOT produce an action until controlled by a human. Just like any other weapon in the history of humankind, a gun is harmless until it’s in the hands of a human. It is the mentality of the human controlling that weapon that decides what it’s use shall be. A good human will use it for good, a careless human for folly, and an evil or defective human for evil. It really is that simple. In the face of these common factors, the only thing that does make sense is to control the mentality of the potential murderer.
So how do we do that? Well, that’s a question that remains open for debate. We’re living in a world where our healthcare system, including mental healthcare, is just plain broken. It doesn’t work. As a society, we’ve convinced ourselves that science is flawless and what it produces MUST be the answer to whatever ails us. So we see our doctors, voice our latest complaint, submit ourselves to analysis, and then put pure and innocent faith into whatever pill or treatment is prescribed. And somewhere along the way, we forget that science is just as prone to flaws as the humans that delve in it. Nearly 200,000 Americans per year are permanently injured or killed from modern medical treatments. We now have the highest rate of prescription psychotropic usage AND the highest rate of suicides in the world! Yet we continue to trust the system, assuming that the people running it must be wise. I’m sorry, but with those kind of statistics, I beg to differ on the point of wisdom. It seems a difficult concept for many that, no matter how extensive the education, wisdom may still be lacking. Wisdom cannot be taught. It must be learned by making mistakes and then seeking prudent ways to not repeat those same mistakes. As long as we continue to accept the mistakes of medical science and do little to force it to prudence, the system will remain broken. We must demand accountability on the part of the mental and health care society, as well as the pharmaceutical companies for every single time their bad science backfires. They have not earned our trust. STOP giving it to them! Only God and nature can create what is perfect. I myself am a naturopathic self-healer. I’m healthy, strong, clear-minded, and have courage enough to face whatever pain or grief life throws at me without need of a magical prescription or treatment. The nature of information sharing in today’s world gives us each the opportunity to become better informed and make educated choices for ourselves. There are better, safer, and more effective alternatives to being a prisoner of blind trust.
I’ve never seen the logic or wisdom in posting a public sign to declare a ‘Weapons-Free Zone’. The nasty truth is that such a sign is like leaving a bag of forbidden candy out in front of a disobedient child and then leaving the room unguarded! Those who would and do choose to ignore the rules WILL go after what they know is unprotected. Again, it’s that simple. If you don’t believe me, try posting a ‘Weapons-Free Zone’ sign in front of your home sometime. Not that I’d wish anyone harm by doing so. But it might serve to increase your personal insight.
Finally, as I’ve told you before, there are factions in our world that wish all of us harm. They are evil personified, plain and simple. We are but playthings; and our lives, including the lives of our children, mean naught to them. We must remain aware, vigilant, and willing to battle against them and their influence. It is indeed a sad state in which to exist. But it is what it is.
Each day, I pray that this will be the day that sees our salvation. Yet I realize that this can only come to pass with God’s guidance and when we throw aside our selfish ways to start living for other lives besides our own. Until then, however, evil will continue to bring us all to bitter pain.
Dear Lord, bless the blind who cannot see. Amen.
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When will Hollywood and movie/video producers attack this problem that they are responsible for creating and for “profit”? They attack gun owners but insulate themselves from the same:
How about the militant people that have taken over Hollywood and the video empires. Guess who were/are the biggest supporters of Barack Obama and the Democratic Party?
Here is a video that corrupts America’s young minds and yet Hollywood lets it continue for profits and then blames the NRA and conservatives. Liberals like Michael Moore should take note! Do you think that Adam Lanza watched this video?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOKkG_sPmmE
Supreme Court says these VIDEO GAMES are OK as FREE SPEECH.
Then why do we pass laws that FORBID children under the age of 18 the RIGHT to pursue HAPPINESS by using Alcohol or releving their anxiety by engaging in sexual encounters with anyone they might care to? Is the purported harm REAL or IMAGINED ? Can they really be enticed into or taught to accept a life style that they are not born into? If the answer is yes then they likewise can be influanced by video games to become KILLERS, VIOLENT,ABUSIVE,and a DANGER to society. Your call! You can’t have it both ways! FREE SPEECH does NOT allow you to HARASS,MALIGN,or SLANDER another individual REGARDLESS whether your words are true or NOT. You can be sued,arrested, and inprisoned,depending on the degree of the purported HARM your FREE SPEECH might have caused.
VIDEO GAMES require CONCENTRATION of sight and hearing on the ACTION and SOUND of the game just as the science of HYPNOSIS does. This concentration is AMPLIFIED by the use of hearing aids [ head phones ] making the hypnotic effect more likely to be accomplished just like certain forms of TORTURE used in previous WARS WAS USED to force prisoners to SUBMIT to perform ACTIONS they would otherwise NOT DO!
I have looked into this game titled KINDERGARTEN KILLER and it rewards points of IMPROVED HEALTH based on the number of children KILLED shown by a HEAD SHOT KILL displayed by the child falling and SPLATTERED BLOOD exuming from the body.The more children KILLED the higher numver of points awarded to improve your health.You will never convince me that Adam Lanza who was viewed by his mother and others as having a mental health problem ,wasn’t influanced by this GAME that he could improve his health by KILLING THE KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN at the Newtown school.Even a teen without a mental health problem might be convinced that he could improve his health problem by doing the same thing.Only a THOROUGH INVESTIGATION of these other VIOLENT ACTION GAMES and restrictions on their content and distribution can possibly prevent a reoccurrence of these shootings! NO gun control legislation EVER WILL !
The Supreme Court is WRONG ! WRONG ! WRONG !
I totally agree with this and I feel that our country has come to a “Point on no Return.”
I agree, except I believe that we can return. Nonetheless, it took us a long time to get here and it can not be fixed overnight. First our politicians must earn our respect once again. We have to gain our integrity back, we have to have moral values, and we have to get back to value of life. We have to not let ourselves be bullied by the black racists, that if we are not agreeing with their ideologies concerning “social justice” we are a racist. I say this we are not an uncle tom or a white racist if we don’t agree on a welfare state, or affirmative action. fact is … there are nearly as many whites taking advantage of government handouts as there are African-Americans. I can agree to disagree with the Atheists, but we don’t need to take God out of the public square, where we have godly principals and morals that actually help us live together.
But at this point of living the implosion of our society, and the killing of the innocent children, nothing will stop the monsters who have only evil in their hearts. We have to look more at the causes, (our culture), and start there with the changes. but we are at the point where life has no value, where dignity is old fashioned, and truth is a lost art. we have to have personal responsibility, or we will have no freedom. with freedom comes personal responsibility.
Maybe if we put AND WE REALLY MEAN IT on the Gun Free Zone?
Are you praying to the god that sponsored just about every war in history and nictitated the need of guns in the first place?
But not a word about the hundreds of unborn babies kill each day?….NO ONE can stop one from killing another if he is hell bent to do it……the world has used wepons since the begining and will continue, FREE ZONE OR NOT! The aussies and english have no wepons, murder rate is a lot higher than ours…
I just spent the last hour viewing videos that appeared after I read the previous article from Greg Gutfeld. There are several and they are saying, quite believably, that Sandy Hook tragedy is alll a HOAX! I don’t know what to think. My heart has been broken since last Friday over the loss of these children and now I read that we are being lied to by the administration and media, that this whole thing was staged so that Obama can get our guns. Will someone else please try to view these videos and let me know which stories are the truth.
We are to a point of no return! The only New World Order I will be a part of is when the Almighty comes to lift the rightous up to a new world by his order. Until them I will hols on to my Bible and all my guns and ammo unless you act like you deserve my ammo more! But you will only get the bussiness end! I live peacefully and I sleep soundly where I live. And I always will. Don’t come up copperhead road unless you are invited!
littlepat, unfortunately this Sandy Hook massacre was no hoax. Know one of the families who’s darling six year old was slaughtered. No hoax. But the o. administration will not let this tragedy get away without trying the gun control idiocy. Why didn’t we ban planes after 9/11?
So true, Obama feeds off crisis, this one is a favorite due to getting his agena for gun control, Fast and Furious did not work well for him………………he go caught.
So you “know” one of the families.. was it the actor grinning from ear — to ear — until he realized he was on camera..? You know, the one who had to read his card to say something about “his” little girl..
There really is one born every minute..
I do not trust CNN, or the other news networks. I read WND news Western Center for Journalism and Grasstops and WeThePeople
Unfortunately we dont live in the 50′s anymore when you could leave the keys in your car and your front door unlocked…society is full of crazy, broken minded people….my home is protected by several LOADED firearms kept at arms length because of this…these children and adults in this school didnt deserve to leave this earth in this fashion…why things like this happen, I dont know…only God does…but if you allow the government to disarm the populace, you are going to see more and more of the same…IMHO, I think teachers should be armed and trained on a combat range to defend their students and their selves…life is not fair by a long shot.. but maybe a “good guy” with a pistol will stop a tragedy such as this in the future.
Yep, not the 50′s anymore.. but it not so much the people.. it’s the criminal Gob’ment.. theis was a false flag..
Have tried all day to get on the NRA speech but you go to a blacked out screen….. they say put an armed security guard in each school…this takes special training for these guys to be armed in most states, it called CLEET certified, I believe all law enforcement have to have this training……and it this world we are in, this is the proper way to go….let the teachers teach, not worry about shoot outs…..if Obama money can pay for the ones on welfare and food stamps, Obama money can afford this….it’s called cuts in his agencies and money sent to countries who hate us…..