MY GREATEST FEAR

  I have thought a lot lately about the so-called student walk out after the Parkland High School shooting and the subsequent March For Our Lives rally in Washington DC. As usual it makes me angry when I see Democrats manipulating young impressionable children to acquire their sinister political goals. Or as Rush Limbaugh might say young skulls full of mush. I can relate because at one time I was one of those young skulls full of mush. My generations greatest fear was nuclear annihilation. From the time I was about 7 or 8 until I was about 14 the threat of nuclear war was always on my mind. That is because the Cold War was a frequent topic of discussion among adults in the news media and Hollywood. Not until after the Cuban Missile crisis did the topic of the Cold War seem to diminish somewhat. The Cold War was, however; always in the back of our mind. When I look back on those days most of the ways that we were taught to survive a nuclear war look silly today. Such as duck and cover for example. I might be telling tales out of school here but I can't imagine that children actually worry that much about dying in a school shooting. That is as much as we did about dying in a nuclear war. Parents today probably worry more about their children's safety than the children do. When you think about the issue realistically there is a far greater chance that a child will be struck by lightning than die in a school shooting. If you are a child living in inner city Chicago on the other hand your chances of seeing adulthood are greatly diminished.

  Unlike the Cold War the remedy for ending school shootings are much simpler. We simply need to harden the active shooters targets. The reasons that you don't hear of shootings at gun shows, police stations or donut shops is that they are hardened targets. Okay, the donut shop is a bad joke. If you hear of a shooting at a police station or a gun show it would be because the shooter is wanting to commit suicide,. they are mentally ill, committed terrorists, or are just extremely dumb. We can harden the school targets by putting more guns in the hands of trained and responsible school personnel. If the president of the United States dies, or is injured in an assassination attempt, I am not going to be impacted in the way that I would be if my child or grandchild dies or is injured in a school shooting. Here is a novel idea. Lets protect both. The Democrats can cry all the crocodile tears that they want after a mass shooting but their ultimate goal is to disarm America. If you don't believe me just do a little research and their own words will condemn them.

 Former Supreme Court justice John Paul Stevens, a man who should know better, is calling for a repeal of the 2nd Amendment for God sake. If it were possible for everyone to obey the Ten Commandments this would be a perfect world. If we could uphold the Bill of Rights, which is the first ten amendments to the constitution we would have a perfect form of republican democracy. One that was envisioned by the Founding Fathers. It is impossible to uphold the Bill of Rights without the 2nd Amendment. Each Amendment simply recognizes a God given inalienable right that already existed when the country was founded. Just like the Ten Commandments existed from the creation of the world. God simply wrote them on stone for mankind as a reminder. The Founding Fathers wrote the Bill of Rights down to be a constant reminder of our inalienable rights. The 2nd Amendment does not only remind us that we have a God given right to defend ourselves but it is a hedge against tyranny. I no longer fear nuclear war. My biggest fear is living in a society that refuses to recognize  these eternal truths.