Rhetoric vs. Reality

By Jenn Jacques

I let my thoughts settle overnight before I sat down to write anything about yesterday’s horrific shooting in San Bernardino, CA. Truth be told, my head is still swimming. Mostly over trying to decipher the logic behind the rhetoric being spewed at the general direction of the NRA, Christians, the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and law-abiding gun owners, in light of a domestic terrorism attack committed by a devout Muslim (no, I will not say workplace violence or global warming prompted this).

People who jumped right in, some within minutes of the news breaking, eager to push for gun control and crucify all things 2A related, need to take a step back and focus in on the big picture.

The shooting, which claimed the lives of 14 innocent people and injured 17 more, took place at a government building in California.

Every single American should have had a light bulb go off in their heads after processing that fact.

A shooting claiming the lives of 14 innocent people and injuring even more, took place inside a government building in the state of California.

How can a government building, which does not allow firearms, located in a state with …Read the Rest

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