The shooting in Oregon on Thursday October 1, 2015 was a tragedy and my prayers go out to the families of those that died needlessly.
I saw where President Obama wants gun laws to change. Change to what? We already have strict gun laws, but they are not enforced. Furthermore, these people are either criminals or getting ready to become criminals and will therefore break the law. They do not care what law you put into place, they will do what they want and how they want. Laws are not meant to stop a crime, but to punish after a crime has been committed. Therefore, no law will ever stop a criminal.
So If felony criminals can get a hold of guns, then how are you planning to keep guns out of the hands of those that are not yet criminals, but want to kill? The answer is you cannot. However, if Obama thinks his gun laws will work, then get rid of all of your Secret Service now and dismiss those that will watch you when you leave the White House. If you cannot do that, then you know that your system will not work.
People have told me that the ammunition can be controlled. How? Sure you could restrict the amount of ammunition a person purchases each year, or you could confiscate all the ammunition or even eliminate the sales, but are you sure that will stop the shootings? You can restrict the magazine sizes so instead of carrying two 30 round magazines, a person could carry four 15 rounders or six 10 round magazines. Changing out a magazine takes 2-5 seconds, Is that any more effective at stopping the mass shootings? Again the answer is no.
I know a lot of Democrats are trying to sneak a treaty with the United Nations through which will give them some control of our guns in some fashion. I do not know all the details, but I do know that no matter what treaty is signed it does not negate our Constitution.
So what is the real objective? In my humble opinion, it is about control. If they can remove the guns, then they can remove the potential threat to thwart them from taking control. Does this sound like a conspiracy theory? Yes. People in this country had better wake up and see what is going on. When I spoke to this with some people, they said we will vote them out or we have the Constitution. How will you enforce those actions if the government decides they do not want to follow the Constitution. Part of the Constitution is to protect us from a tyrannical government. Without weapons how will you do that?
I know there are many people who look at the government and think they are telling them the truth. Think again, they lie about everything. They tell you what you want to hear so open your ears. When Kerry ran against Bush, Kerry repeatedly said his economic plan was better than Bush’s, but not once did he ever say what it was that I heard. After the election, my mom could not believe that Bush won. I said why people will vote for the evil they know versus the evil they do not. I further said what did Kerry focus on, the Middle East and when asked he said absolutely nothing and always directed back to the Middle East. She argued with me about everything he said until I asked her what was his economic plan. She had no clue because he never said, but she said it was better than Bush’s. So I asked her how she knew that, because Kerry said so. Really?
At about the same time Sandy Hook shooting occurred, a Chinese man attacked 22 children and 1 adult with a knife. In England where they have essentially removed guns, there are over 100,000 knife stabbings each year. In America most of the gun violence happens in cities/towns where the gun laws are so restrictive it is next to impossible to get one and if you did get one then you are allowed one bullet (exaggeration, but not by much). So why do we want to make more strict gun laws when the ones we have are not working?
Instead, lets make it easier for people who want the guns legally to be able to obtain them. The people that do these kinds of mass shootings will pick on people in locations where they will meet little resistance. Even if they decide to go a shoot people where everyone has a gun, there is a good chance that they will be stopped before too many are injured or killed. A good example of this is Miami Florida where car jackings were through the roof until several car jackers were killed after the gun laws had changed, then the number of car jackings rapidly declined ( I do not have statistics on this, but information was provided by people who live in Miami).
If the guns and ammunition were taken away from every military person, police officer, and civilian around the world, then you may have less shootings, but that does not mean you will have less killings. Those that have decided to cause as much terror through acts of violence will do so at any expense. If there are no guns, they will use bombs. If they cannot get their hands on bomb material, then they will use bats or knives. We would have to take away everything that could possibly be made into a weapon. This means that we would have no food, no water, no more trees, no houses, no clothes, no technology, we would have absolutely nothing, because everything can be made into a weapon to kill one or many. How absurd does that sound?
The fact is even in countries where they have restrictive gun laws, there are still mass shootings. True there may not be as many as in the US, but they happen. So the real question is why and will it get worse? See below for why and yes I believe it is only going to get worse both here in America and world wide.
With all of this going on I am reminded of this Bible verse
Ephesians 6:12New International Version (NIV)
12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
This means Satan is doing everything in his power to corrupt us and to turn away from God. Satan for a time has all authority on Earth. I believe this young man that killed 9 Oregon community college students was possessed. As Christians we have to be aware of the power of Satan. Most if not all of us have some kind of Spiritual stronghold and are in need of deliverance. Yes even Christians can have demons present in them, but they cannot be possessed. Just because a demon is present in someone does not mean they are under the demons control, but they can be influenced to do things. One of the first things Jesus told his disciples was to heal the sick and cast out demons.
Matthew 10New International Version (NIV)
Jesus Sends Out the Twelve
10 Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out impure spirits and to heal every disease and sickness.
2 These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John; 3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; 4 Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.
5 These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans. 6 Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel. 7 As you go, proclaim this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’ 8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.
9 “Do not get any gold or silver or copper to take with you in your belts— 10 no bag for the journey or extra shirt or sandals or a staff, for the worker is worth his keep. 11 Whatever town or village you enter, search there for some worthy person and stay at their house until you leave. 12 As you enter the home, give it your greeting. 13 If the home is deserving, let your peace rest on it; if it is not, let your peace return to you. 14 If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet. 15 Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.
But as modern day Christians we have decided that there are no demons to cast out and that Satan is not as powerful as we were told. Wake up Christians and take a good hard look at what is happening around you before it is too late.