Liberals often say things like, “I
don't like guns.” They may as well say (and no doubt a few do), “I don't like
knives,” “I don't like forks,” ”I don't like weedwhackers,” “I don't like baseball
bats,” “I don’t like bow and arrows,” or “I don't like cars.” The same goes for any other thing that could
possibly be used to hurt people. But this is nonsensical, moot.
Ironically, it is the very same
policies these liberals generally espouse and support that lead to
hopelessness, despair, bitterness, rancor, and an entitlement mentality, all of
which are virtually guaranteed to make people lash out. What progressives tout
as ‘remedies’ often lead-- directly or indirectly-- to mental health issues,
and the very violence they purport to detest. When the blame-- the evil—is
transferred from a human being to an inanimate object, human frailty—and
evil—are absolved from blame. This deflection from reality leads to an
inability to solve problems and cannot possibly help to ameliorate violence. In
fact, it can only continue to foster and perpetuate them.
But this is the progressive mindset
and outlook in a nutshell.
Truth be told, guns are not the
problem. Neither are knives, automobiles, baseball bats, etc. A desire to
absolve criminals and oneself from blame, combined with the inability-- in fact
utter unwillingness-- to see the truth, is what allows evil and violence to
continue in perpetuity. When criminals are rewarded, while those who try to
stop them are punished, we will necessarily get more of the former and fewer of
the latter.
In this way we aid and abet not only
crime, but the father of lies.
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