In response to
The Blood of Innocents

Jack Dantone in Virginia
Monday, December 17, 2012 at 12:06 PM

This may be a bit rambling but I hope you find it worth reading. The tragedy in Connecticut is heart wrenching. And anything I say cannot diminish that anguish. But while we rush to question our right to bear arms, our entertainment media's penchant for violence, our culture's penchant to be "accepting" , etc…….I'm reminded of the Muslim Brotherhoods advice to the Egyptian people…."Approve the constitution and your lives will be ordered…"

Americans are, above all, a free people. It is who we are. We pay the price for that freedom everyday. Our young people are sent off to war, we put tremendous resources towards national defense and we cope with great risk in our everyday activities that a free American will become violent and innocent people may die or be injured. That coping is no less the price of freedom that the lives we lose defending our right to be free. It is the price we pay for living in America and being free to be who and what we are.

The next days and weeks will see new debate on the 2nd Amendment. My position is that owning weapons is a freedom that Americans have. And I will counter anyone that questions that right with choosing what fundamental freedom they would like to forfeit. The solutions aren't easy. And, it is unlikely that we will ever completely eliminate the risks that come with living in a free society.

We were created with free will. God did not put a chip in each of us to prevent terrible behavior. We are, by His design, free. We pay a price every day for this precious gift. Sometimes, it doesn't seem worth it, but it is. Cheers