Sunday's

Million Mom March to lobby for gun control and safety

locks was a gesture in good faith, but a misguided effort

based on faulty logic. Once again, a well-meaning group

of people are acting on emotion and rhetoric rather than

fact and reason.

These women see guns as the

enemy, but "the enemy is us." Until we, as a

nation, take a more direct approach to the root causes of

the devaluation of human life, rallies like Sunday's

march are just empty, estrogen-filled arguments.

The past decade has shown a

steady and consistent downward slope in violent crime

despite media hype which would have you believe

otherwise. It is estimated that 50 percent of American

households now own guns. For all the incidences of

violent crimes involving guns, literally millions more

are prevented because the victim is able to produce a

weapon of self-defense.

Mandatory registration,

licensing, and trigger locks do not stop criminals from

obtaining and using a gun to commit a crime; they only

hinder the law-abiding. Current law prohibits a convicted

felon from possessing a firearm. Possession in spite of

the law entitles the offender to a one-way ticket back to

jail from which, chances are, he should not have been

released in the first place. If we could simply enforce

existing laws, we could reduce our crime rates even more.

The real cause of gun

violence is a nation devoid of soul. We are a population

reared on permissiveness and entitlement that has over

time become inured to indiscriminate violence through

desensitization. If a million moms want to make a

statement, and make a difference for a nation of

children, why don't they start with a march to end the

senseless slaughter of innocent children in this

country's abortion clinics?

Hillary Clinton, in a

special Mother's Day address Sunday, supported the

formidable female anti-gun lobby by stating that moms

don't want jewelry, flowers, or a nice meal out, "as

much as [they] want Congress to do the right thing to

protect our children." Everyone wants Congress to do

the right thing, but by whose definition?

Democrats present a hollow

argument at best when they rail on about children killing

children. It is tragic when young persons are so absent

of conscience and character that they turn guns on other

human beings. When they do, we call it assault. When the

victim dies, we call it murder.

When a criminal causes the

death of a fetus during the commission of a crime against

the mother, we call that murder. When a physician

performs an abortion at the request of a woman, we call

it a choice. Is it any wonder that we are spawning a

generation of children who are disconnected and lost?

When gun control lobbies

pressure Congress for mandatory registration and trigger

locks, what they are really advocating is a disarming of

the American public, yet the Founding Fathers,

envisioning the inevitable need for defense of life and

limb, guaranteed us the right to protect ourselves from

crime - and tyranny.

Our system of government

was founded on two contingencies, a government which

derives its only powers from the people, and a

law-abiding, moral citizenry. We are failing on both

counts. Given this, it is criminal to deprive the

innocent of the right to protect and defend themselves.

There are two polar

mindsets rumbling in the belly of this nation. One

advocates the abolition of God, the reinterpretation of

the Constitution, government as a service industry, the

devaluation of human life, armed raids on innocent

civilians, and the disarming of America.

The other espouses minimal

government, the right to live, to keep and bear arms, to

freely express one's religion, and the preservation of

our founding documents.

The former is a solid

force, a no-holds-barred political machine capable of

absolutely any measure to enact their agenda. The latter

is a lackluster bunch of political reactors who need to

get an agenda and a leader, and fast, lest we all find

ourselves living in a new socialist America.

I believe that a million

moms are capable of redirecting this nation, but not

through gun control that only disarms the innocent.

We need to embrace our

children, educate them, love them, shield them from

violence in entertainment, teach them to obey the law and

to respect authority.

Yet just as important, we

must guarantee that authority is worth respecting. That

comes from electing moral leaders, setting a positive

example ourselves, and sending a clear message that life

is precious - all life.

If we want to get to the

root cause of kids killing kids, we need to stop sending

the message that it's okay for adults to do it.

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