Op-ed:
And the blame game begins...
By: Diane Sori


Thomas Jefferson said, "The strongest reason for people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."*

On a cold clear morning just three days ago evil incarnate visited a small town in Connecticut.  We all know what happened, we're all still in shock, and our nation mourns together.

But within a few hours of the unspeakable, the parade of users lined up and started marching forward led off by our president in a speech that very night that including phony crocodile tears being wiped away from dry eyes.  As he spoke, first and foremost were words about 'handling this' NOT words of compassion for the families of those who lost loved ones nor were the words one of comfort addressed to a grieving nation.

The words Barack HUSSEIN Obama spoke last Friday night were the very sort of words that Thomas Jefferson warned us about...for his words were words of tyranny in action by a man who fancies himself lord and master over us all.

Telling the nation, “And we're going to have to come together and take 'meaningful action' to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics,” we must realize these are NOT words of comfort for those hurting, but are fighting words that pits the liberal left and their anti-gun agenda against those who stand by the Constitution...all of the Constitution including the oh so important Second Amendment, which speaks of our right to bear arms.

Obama is NOT fooling us for we know that 'meaningful action to prevent more tragedies' does not mean educating young people about bullying and violence nor does it mean instructing gun owners to be more responsible with their guns. What it does mean is pushing hard for strong gun control laws...meaning taking our guns and the Second Amendment away, period.

So the blame game, or I should say the perceived blame game, has now begun and that means Obama's attacks on the NRA will be revved up a notch or two NO matter that the NRA had NOTHING to do with this attack or any of the previous attacks over this past year. Remember, the NRA is our last line of defense against the likes of Obama and the liberal left, and so they must be stopped at all costs, as per liberal twisted logic. Yet many in Obama's circle will continue to blame the NRA because of just this, and also because of the political power and clout they yield...all anti-Obama by the way.  So here's an idea, instead of blaming the NRA, shouldn't we be blaming those who create gun-free zones around schools for the fact is that armed and trained teachers, like those in Israel, could have stopped this massacre.

And shouldn't we be blaming the ACLU for their hand in tragedies like this as they're the ones who sued to open the doors of mental institutions letting the severely mentally ill out protecting their rights while ignoring our rights to be protected from them. Remember also that by doing so the ACLU has made it both financially and legally almost impossible to institutionalize a mentally ill person, someone the likes of Adam Lanza.

Lastly, but extremely important is something the left always likes to overlook, and that is that these recent mass killings all happened in states with strict gun laws...states with 'reasonable' gun laws allowing for concealed carry have NOT had mass killings. 

So while those on the left choose to bury their heads in the sand to the fact that the more guns there are in the hands of law-abiding citizens actually equates to less crime, independent research,** clear of government numbers manipulation, continues to show an 81% decrease in shootings with multiple victims when people are allowed to carry concealed weapons. 
 
Major studies have also shown that crime rates go down and go down significantly, including numbers for murder, aggravated assaults, home invasions, rapes, etc., when law abiding citizens are allowed to carry guns for protection. Yet, Obama and the left still scream for more gun control, but it seems they do so only for keeping guns out of the hands of 'We the People' who obey the law but nowhere do they speak of how they intend to keep guns out of the hands of criminals, thugs, and the mentally ill...for them guns will always be available...for if they want a gun they will surely find a way to get a gun. 
 
So while those in Connecticut continue to pick up the shattered pieces of their lives, the liberal left continues to place blame on everyone and everything but where it really belongs...on the shooter alone...the monster who did this of his own free will.  And while the Democrats scream for gun control discussions what really should be discussed is ways to make it easier for law abiding citizens to carry guns, because if everyone did...if even one person did...on a beautiful cold clear day in December, 26 innocent people, 20 of them mere sweet children, might still be alive today.

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*Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334 (C.J.Boyd, Ed., 1950 
** http://tpnn.com/study-more-guns-equal-less-crime/