Obama's solution to the Washington Navy Yard Massacre: More disarmed people!!

Last Sunday, President Barack Obama called for changes to gun laws while speaking at a memorial service honoring the 12 people killed by a gunman at the Washington Navy Yard. Never let a massacre by a crazed killer go to waste. 

President Obama said:

"We don't take the basic common sense actions to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and dangerous people." That is administration code words for gun-grabbing, national firearms registry, restricting the kinds of firearms that a citizen can own, magazine capacities, etc. The rhetoric is always the same!

Aaron Alexis

I agree we need to keep weapons from crazies, including weapons like firearms, knives, baseball bats, pipe bombs, large rocks, etc. But we don't mitigate the situation by restricting the gun ownership by 99.9% of the law-abiding citizens.

Here's something for the President and all his liberal buds to consider, and maybe offer us an explanation. How can this senseless tragedy occur in Washington DC where we already have the toughest gun-control laws in the nation? The military even prohibits personnel from carrying personal weapons on base. So, the President's answer to this tragedy is MORE gun-control laws? We're NOT even enforcing the existing gun-laws that are on the books.

Aaron Alexis preparing to gun down 12 unarmed victims.

A crazed gunman enters the Navy Yard with a ton of DISARMED people, and kills twelve of them. So what does Obama propose? MORE DISARMED PEOPLE!!

What does the mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard have in common with the Aurora, Colorado shooting and the Sandy Hook massacre of school children? All three heinous acts were perpetrated by mentally-ill individuals who needed psychiatric treatment. Have you heard the President tackling this issue which is at the heart of these mass shootings? The silence is deafening!! All I hear is crickets. 

Great Presidential Quotes and then there's Barack Obama....

Here are some great presidential quotes:

George Washington
“If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”

"Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force! Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."

  

Thomas Jefferson
“The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.”

James Madison

"The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted." 

Andrew Jackson
“Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error”

  

Ronald Reagan

"The most terrifying words in the English language are: 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'"

"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"

.....and then there's Barack Obama:

"Let's Make It a Little Harder for Our Kids to Get Gunned Down"

Obama wiping a phony tear from his eye, to add
emphasis to his concern about gun legislation.

In other words, your kids are going to be "gunned down"--let's just make it harder for that to happen. Who thinks like that? Who talks like that? No one I know, except our beloved president,  who will exploit any tragedy for political gain. He wants every American thinking that their son or daughter is about to be gunned down and if we don't enact new gun legislation, our children won't have a chance for survival!

How about this, Mr. President, we already have 20,000 gun-control laws on the books. Let's begin by enforcing some of those laws. 

Here's an interesting stat cited by Sen. Ted Cruz: "In 2010, over 15,000 felons and fugitives tried to illegally purchase guns and were turned down. Out of those 15,000, the Obama Justice Department prosecuted just 44. Why is the Justice Department not going after the criminals who are already trying to purchase guns?"-- The reason why is they (the Obama administration, including the Justice Department under Eric Holder) don't want to catch too many people and make it look like they have sufficient legal resources to deal with this, because that would THWART their effort to get even MORE RESTRICTIVE gun laws! As Sen. Ted Cruz puts it, "If you have an existing law that would shut down illegal gun traffic, why do you need a NEW LAW???

None of the laws on the books, or any new gun-control legislation would have prevented mentally-ill Adam Lanza from going on his shooting spree at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

We have yet to hear our President wax eloquent on violent video games, or Hollywood films. We have yet to hear our President really tackle the issue of mental  illness and the danger that some of the mentally ill pose to society. 

With the "new rights" afforded the mentally-ill by a Democrat congress in the 1980s, we can't institutionalize them and we can't even force them to take their prescribed medication. What's wrong with this picture? 

My prayer for those affected by the Newtown, CT. shooting.

There's not much that can be said after the horrific tragedy yesterday in Newtown, CT where 26 where killed including 20 children. 

Now there will be calls for action. The President today is saying that action needs to be taken to prevent more shootings. That's code for gun-control. But what action can be taken to prevent further tragedies like Newtown? We already have gun-free zones and metal detectors at the entrance to schools. We already have cities with stringent gun laws like Washington D.C. and Chicago, which incidentally have the highest rates of murders, even with gun laws. We can pass more laws which is exactly what politicians love to do, but all the laws in the world would not have prevented yesterday's tragedy, or the shooting in Aurora, Colorado, or the Ft. Hood massacre. 

Here's what the problem is, and tell me if you can legislate against this problem. 

There are evil people. There are people who are bent and broken and prone to violence. But there is also evil inside each of our hearts. Jesus said in Mark 7:20-23 (NLT) 

²⁰ And then he added, “It is what comes from inside that defiles you.

²¹ For from within, out of a person’s heart, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder,

²² adultery, greed, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness.

²³ All these vile things come from within; they are what defile you.”

So maybe it's time for politicians (Democrat and Republican) and our President as well as all of us to search our hearts and ask God to remove the evil that's within each one of us. We need to remove the log from our own eyes before we try to remove a speck from someone else's eye. We need to ask God to cleanse us (each one of us) individually. We need to forgive even as we have been forgiven and ask for help to love our enemies and to do good to them, not repaying evil for evil but serving them in love. Then we need to pray for our nation and ask God's forgiveness for how we've fallen as a nation, and we are now reaping what we've sowed as a rebellious, hard-hearted people. 

Here's my prayer for everyone affected by the shooting yesterday at Sandy Hook School in Newtown, CT.:

Lord, 
I thank-you that you are the God of Mercy and Grace. You hear the cries and the pain of those who have lost loved ones. 

Lord, your word says that you are close to the brokenhearted, and you rescue those whose spirits are crushed. Lord, bring your love and hope to those who have lost children and loved ones at the Sandy Hook School. 

Lord, bring healing to the brokenhearted, and bring healing to the pain and hurt and loss that so many have suffered. Turn their eyes to You, that they might look to You. Don't let their hearts become hardened but wrap your arms of love around each parent, each person who has lost a loved one in this senseless tragedy.
Lord, walk with them through the valley of the shadow of death at this time.

Lord, you are a great and awesome God! You always fulfill your covenant and keep your promises of unfailing love to those who love You and obey your commands.

But Lord, as a people, we have sinned and done wrong. We have rebelled against You, and scorned your commands and laws.
We have refused to listen to your servants who have spoken on your authority to our Presidents and politicians. 

Lord, you are righteous, but as you see, we are covered with shame. This is true of all of us, including our leaders, our religious shepherds, our media, and all the people here in America. We have sinned against You, and You alone.
We trust in our man-made laws. We trust in our law enforcement. We trust in our regulations. We trust in our police and fire departments. We trust in our politicians. But, we do not trust in You. We have refused to place our trust in You. Instead, we have looked to others and other places for safety and security.

Lord, forgive us for not trusting You, for not listening to You and obeying You. Forgive us for mocking your servants and your spiritual leaders. Forgive us for not reading and obeying Your Words in the Bible. 

Lord, look down from heaven and see our despair. I make this plea, not because we deserve help, but because of Your mercy.

O Lord, hear. O Lord, forgive. O Lord, listen and act! Heal our brokenness. Heal our rebellious ways. Turn our hearts back to You, O Lord.
Once again, be glorified in our nation. Once again, bring us to the place where we can honestly say, "In God, we trust." 

In the name of the Messiah, the Chosen One, Yeshua, Lord Jesus,
Amen.