How did this happen? Society as a whole seriously lacks moral clarity-- the Godly kind --and backbone enough to push against the evil tide of Liberalism. [yes... there's one in every doorknob!]
How long before someone tries to point to the killer's religion as an underlying factor in his murder-spree... and how much do you want to wager they'll call him a "Christian". Well, the ignorant can't help but exude ignorance.
I can hear the call now... "We need to pull our brave men and women in the military out of the Middle East to patrol the violent streets and campuses of America."
Well... how did they get violent?
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"It is difficult to comprehend senseless violence on this scale... Our prayers are with the families and friends of these victims, and members of the extended Virginia Tech community."
Virginia Governor Timothy M. Kaine
Amen to prayer, but not so difficult to comprehend.
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Could it be that we're all brothers and sisters working out our salvation and nation together - with many fits and starts - and that this sort of kneejerk blaming of the Others is not helpful at all?
And could we be suffering from a serious lack of appreciation for irony?
Conservatism didn't create the social ills and mores, and moral atmosphere that made 32 dead in a school shooting-spree possible. That bag lies squarely at Liberalism's door.
Yeah...had there been two or three during the initial attack who had CCLs, the incident would have been minimized.
If the bastard knew there were three or four toting inside that building, he would never have done the deed.
Yeah, BenT, blame it on the weapon...that's real good.
"If there had been untrained civillians with guns at VT, then a random gunfight ala the O-K Corral would have begun."
Yeah, and though the shooter would have killed two or three, 28 or 29 would still be breathing at this moment.
If five other people on the VT campus had had personal guns they were waving around, they would most likely have been shot. Either by each other or by police arriving at the scene. Those five citizen soldier would also probably kill/wound 15 other innocents. Average individuals aren't prepared or trained to react to violent situations. They don't know how to cope when the adrenaline starts flowing.
It's called the 4th Amendment.
And Daddio's right. The gunman would have died sooner rather than later, and it's conceivable that far fewer deaths would have been the result.
Your objections in regard to the Framers' intent is baseless.
Wow! We actually agree on something!
Are you just failing to see the irony in complaining that this will be blamed on "christians" as a whole when you turn and blame it on "liberals" as a whole?
Of course, I know the difference that it is the fault of liberals as a whole and not the fault of Christians at all, right?
Is it that you just feel more comfortable when you have easily defined boogeymen to point to as the troubles of our world - Commies, terrorists and liberals - and that anyone who doesn't agree with you must fall into one of these monster categories?
How DID these people get violent? The liberals' lack of moral clarity (the godly kind) has encouraged people to be violent?
Yeah, stick with simple answers. Even if they make no sense. Simple answers are best. And obviously anyone who objects to your simple answers must be one of those monsters out there waiting to hungrily devour america.
Hmmm.
Psalm 58:2
Psalm 73:6
Proverbs 4:17
Proverbs 10:6
Furthermore...
Luke 17:26-27. And what were the days of Noah like?
Genesis 6:11-13
Final word on the state of man's heart...
Jeremiah 17:9
And thanks for fixing the problem. What caused it and how did you fix it?
Hey, THIS I can agree with! We all manage to find ways to justify our violence, don't we, when we really feel the need to be violent?
Yesterday I cited the 4th Amendment in response to BenT's query ...why not mechanical weapons?". I should have cited the 2nd Amendment which delineates our right under the Constitution to keep and bear arms.
The 4th Amendment guards against unreasonable searches and seizures.
The gattling gun wasn't invented until 1860, almost 80 years after the Bill of Rights was written. The founding fathers had no conception of how far weapons technology would go. They envisioned every American having a musket or a revolver. Nothing like the weapons of mass destruction we have today. We should hew to the ideas, behind the nation's foundational documents - not some literalist fantasy world where nothing has changed since the 1760's.