I have been watching an account of the Revolutionary War, produced by the History Channel (I think), in which it is stated as remarkable that, "a nation of farmers could defeat the most powerful army in the world!!! This statement leant some interest to their program, but was only partially accurate.
America was a nation of armed farmers, who lived in areas where their safety could be in jeopardy at any time, from wild animals, hostile Indians, or roaming brigands, seeking to enrich themselves, with little threat from organized law enforcement!!! They certainly lacked military training, but they knew how to shoot their guns, which is a skill that the leftists of today are desperately trying to abolish in America, with their campaign against the second amendment of the Constitution!
We all are appalled by the stream of manic gun toting murderers who prey upon the innocent, and unarmed, as if they would not, if only there were laws to prevent it all! As if there were not such laws, already on the books! The problem is not with the guns that are used to kill with; the problem is more with the crisis of mentally ill people, who have access to those guns (legally, or otherwise), and choose to use them to take out their frustrations on innocent people!!!
Years ago the Psychologists and Psychiatrists of this country gave us the roots of this problem, when they collectively decided that the concept of locking the mentally ill away in asylums was no longer necessary, due to the improvements being made in psychotherapeutic drugs, and they supported the releasing of these patients into society, where they would be fine, as long as they kept taking their drugs! Unfortunately, many of these drugs had unpleasant side effects, which many patients felt were not worth the trouble of dealing with! So they arbitrarily decided that they were "cured" of their mental illness, and stopped taking their unpleasant "meds"!
I suspect that this attitude is responsible for many of the mass shootings, when the former patients become hopelessly frustrated that they are feeling the symptoms of their original illness, and recognize that they will soon be forced to begin taking their unpleasant "meds" again!!! They may rationalize that committing "suicide, by cop" is preferable to continuing with the problem. Mass murder is a pretty sure way of committing "suicide by cop"!
Because of the over-simplistic judgement of the mental health professionals of this country, many innocent people are dying through their collective errors in judgement!!! It's time to stop this verbal assault upon the Second Amendment, and begin to recognize that some people must be incarcerated in mental health facilities, for their own good as well as to protect society from their harmful, and even murderous outbursts! Legal protections can be enforced to protect those who are sane from being abused by the false claims of others, but we need to get the horribly unstable people off the streets! They can not control themselves, and as Christians we recognize that they are the people that are most vulnerable to Satanic delusion, as in hearing voices that tell them to kill others, and the innocent are at risk by them!
As for the leftist blather that we need to get the guns out of private ownership, it seems to me that they are probably more worried that the guns will be used against them (with good reason), when they try to take over control of the country, and abolish the Constitution!!! I think our "Founding Fathers" might object to their arguments!!!
UDATE: 10/9/2019--
Today I watched the 700 CLUB, when Pat Robertson talked about most of what I wrote above! It's like someone ( Gee, I can't guess who!!!) was preparing my heart to be sensitive to this issue, in advance! Pat informed me that the reason that the asylums were closed down was because of the "Bedlam" aspect of some asylums, where inmates are warehoused in inhumane conditions, and essentially forgotten, or intentionally kept beyond necessity, in order to maintain the income flow to the asylum!
In the 1960's, this was considered a solution to the problem of unnecessary, and interminable incarceration, but the problem of putting helpless inmates on the streets was created, instead! This seems to me to be a way for the federal, and state bureaucracies to avoid their responsibility of periodically checking on the quality of service of these asylums, perhaps through unannounced inspections, and simply washing their hands of the problem, instead!!!
It was also stated that the drugs for various diseases, like cancer have been improved, as recently as 3, or 4 years ago, while many of these drugs used to treat mental illness have not been improved upon for seven years, or more! The unpleasant side effects could probably be diminished if researched, but perhaps the financial incentive is not as strong.
UDATE: 10/13/2019--
The Ukraine is back at #2 of my pageview stats, though with more modest numbers than before, while Russia has increased modestly also. Interestingly, Canada has apparently lost interest in what I have to say, probably during the airplane flight back to the Ukraine, and Russia!!!
Boy the espionage game is so confusing, I just can't figure it all out!!! It's amazing to see all the trouble that "spies" will go to, just to avoid picking up a Bible, and reading it for themselves!!! I guess God must have created a special room in Hell, for belligerently lazy spies, who refuse to learn obvious lessons, because of "official political positions" on the existence of God!!!
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