Posted February 15, 2018 9:30 am by Comments

By Tom Knighton

Time and time again, we have a horrific shooting, and it’s immediately followed by howls of gun control from the usual suspects. They’re reacting to the horrific event, which I understand. Unlike most of them, I actually have lost someone I cared about in a mass shooting. I remember my reaction to learning of a dear friend’s murder, and at that moment even I questioned my stance on the Second Amendment.

I don’t think that’s an unnatural reaction. It was momentary, but it happened. That’s why I don’t just some folks too harshly for wanting gun control at a moment like this.

But some people, I will judge harshly. I judge them harshly because they prey on events like this. They jump up and down, probably with joy in their hearts, because now they can scream at the top of their lungs just how right they are about everything.

They look to politicians and demand they “ignore the NRA” and “do what’s right.”

People like this never stop to imagine that anyone could actually believe in the Second Amendment. They can’t fathom the idea that someone may actually believe that private firearm ownership is a sacred right and shouldn’t be infringed. They can’t even …Read the Rest

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