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ESSAY 35
THE "GUN CONTROL" MYTH
The liberal social engineers would have us believe that
passing laws restricting the purchase and use of handguns
will reduce violent crime. A bad example is that of Senator
Simon's bill to raise the cost of a federal firearms licence
1,000 percent.
It is wrong because,
1. IT VIOLATES THE SPIRIT OF THE U S CONSTITUTION CONVERNING
CITIZENS' RIGHT TO OWN AND BEAR ARMS. The constitution re-
cognizes one's right to protect himself and his family:
[AMENDMENT II]
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to
the security of a free State, the right of the
people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infring-
ed. (Sol Bloom, THE STORY OF THE CONSTITUTION.
Washington, DC: United States Constitution Sesqui-
centennial Commission, 1937, p. 81).
2. IT WOULD DECIMATE THE NUMBER OF DEALERS AND THEREFORE
HINDER CITIZENS FROM PURCHASING ARMS. Everyone has a moral
duty to protect himself and his family.
3. IT WOULD PUT MANY SMALL BUSINESSMEN OUT OF BUSINESS. We
need to encourage all legitimate small businesses!
4. IT VILATES THE 1992 DEMOCRATIC PARTY PLATFORM: "We do not
support efforts to restrict weapons used for legitimate hunt-
ing and sporting purposes." (Ronald H. Brown, et al., THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY PLATFORM 1992, p. 11). Is this another
broken promise?
5. IT WOULD NOT DO WHAT IT PURPORTS TO DO. It would not deter
criminals from getting guns. Criminals will continue to
steal weapons or buy them from the black market. Could there
be a hidden agenda of the radical left? Before WWII, the
Nazis enacted an intensive propaganda program of lies and
half-truths. Next, the Nazis forced German citizens to
register their firearms. Then the Nazis disarmed the defense-
less German citizens, and gained absolute power by force.
Then the Nazis murdered 11,000,000 people!
If there is no hidden agenda, then let the radical left
prove it by making laws that will disarm criminals and leave
law-abiding citizens alone! One way to disarm criminals is
to insure speedy trials and have incorrigible criminals serve
their full sentences in prison.
I do not own any guns at present. I am not a member of
the NRA. I do not support the "survivalists." I simply have
enough sense to recognize bad legislation that will rob us of
more of our freedoms.
The answer to violence is to train children to love and
not to hate. This must begin in the home. The school should
reinforce these values. If hatred and murder are in the
hearts of people, they will maim and kill with any weapon:
knives, poisons, guns, automobiles, explosives, atomic bombs,
clubs, rocks, bare hands, etc.
What if hatred is already in the heart? If we ask the
Lord, he will take it out and replace it with his love:
And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of
God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost
which is given unto us. (Romans 5:5).
END