A Look At Gun Control

So what does the second amendment of the U.S. Constitution actually say?  It says, "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."  It should be obvious from reading the second amendment that it is not really about hunting and shooting for sport. 

It's reason is to provide self defense for people and protection from the government.  The threat of government tyranny is real and the people need to be able to provide a check against the power of the government.  President Obama and many liberals would like to abolish the second amendment altogether.  But they cannot accomplish it at this time so they propose various gun control laws.  The gun control laws do not work and they do not  deal with the real problems. 

In fact many gun control advocates from Hollywood to Washington D.C. seem to be hypocrites.  Many of them have bodyguards who use guns to protect them.  And of course Hollywood and the news media glorifies the culture of violence we have in our country. 

But the real problem is not guns, they have been around for a long time and we have not had a history of gun violence especially among children.  The real problem is that the Biblical foundation of our country is gone.  There is no longer a respect for life and the restraint and control of the people has been taken away.  This is where the road of secularism lead us.  As with so many things in our modern culture the problems we face actually have spiritual roots.