Over the first weekend of August, our nation was once more subjected to not one, but two multiple shooting sprees in gathered crowds.  Of course, the usual uproar of those in the Communist/Fascist/Socialist-believing mob are expected to mount another loud demand for gun confiscation or some form of action to gain the same result.  It is my firm opinion that those shouting the loudest are fully aware that the often-used answer is still true: “When guns are outlawed only outlaws will have guns.”  After all those who knowingly violate any laws will not hesitate to violate any and all anti-gun laws, and have demonstrated that multiple times.  An example of that is the often-repeated situation where so-called and self-proclaimed “gun-free zones” are the very places where the evil-minded individuals go to carry out their life terminating actions.

Frankly, it has become my policy, sadly not always possible, to avoid any establishment where there is posted a sign announcing “no guns allowed” or “this is a gun-free establishment.”  Even many churches, where the management has developed some common sense, are hiring armed security during worship services and some have adopted non-published policies that allow qualified members to carry weapons.

Here the term “qualified” can include veterans, retired police, concealed-carry holders, and others that may have exhibited high abilities in the use and safety of fire arms.

Actually, it is thought that most of the evil individuals bent on terrorist shooting of unarmed crowds are rather cowardly and will avoid any place where they might face force.

A good example of that was brought home to me a few years ago when a missionary from the nation of South Africa – Charl van Wyk – was speaking at a meeting and told the story of him being at a church service, sitting near the back, when several men came in a side door onto the platform and began shooting up the sanctuary with fully automatic rifles.  The speaker here stated that he had his revolver with him and crawled to an aisle where he managed to get off a couple of shots at the shooters and they immediately retreated out the way they came in.  He went out the back door and to the corner where he managed to get another shot one or two more times and managed to get a description of the vehicle which he found to be owned by a known terrorist group.  A few years later he happened to meet the head of the group and asked him why his assassins picked on churches and the answer was (paraphrased) “because there are no guns there.”  That was the situation earlier in Las Vegas; in Washington, D.C,  at the Republican team baseball practice; in all the school shoot-ups and the church in Texas.

To the credit of the government and chief of police in the recent Ohio shooting, almost, if not all, law enforcement in the area had been activated and they had the perpetrator put out of action in a matter of seconds, thus limiting the number of victims.

In El Paso, Texas, it turns out that a man, who happened to be black, rushed into the shooting to rescue a number of children, at severe risk to his own life.  On August 6, Pat Campbell on his morning talk show played the audio from a TV interview of the gentleman by Mr. Chris Cuomo.  His questions asked were ridiculous but the interviewee gave intelligent answers.  He professed his actions were driven by a strong belief in God and the importance of life. 

At the baseball practice, it was reported to be just by accident that there were two of the House security officers present who took out the Democrat supporter shooter with pistols, against his several rifles.  A congressman from Louisiana (name slipping my mind) received severe, possibly life threatening, shots in his hip. Happily he has recovered and I have heard him on the radio recounting the experience.

As an aside, in further favor of an armed USA citizenry, reports came to me some years after the August 1945 Japanese surrender that when our military went through their papers, which must have taken quite some time, they found that the “warlords” running the show had determined that there would be far too much loss of personnel and equipment to invade the USA states (48 then) because the population, that is all of us, was too heavily armed, and they might even fail. 

Note that was decided after for over 10 years their military had been successful in invading and capturing Korea, China (Rape of Nanking) and after December 7, 1941, the Philippines, Pacific Islands, and one in the Alaska peninsula and had visions on Australia and New Zealand (those two because of the moving of their military by Great Britain to the war in Europe).