Template:Defense of defense
In defense of defense
Elvia Díaz, the author of the opinion piece for the Arizona Republic, thinks the fact that "we know nothing about at least six other parishioners who also appeared to draw their handguns at West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement, Texas... is terrifying."
What I think is terrifying, since the pen is mightier than the sword, is that Elvia Díaz and the media publish this kind of hit piece on the inalienable right to self and community defense with impunity.
Texas did not make the law that allows "armed security at houses of worship and allowing parishioners to bring their weapons to church" Jesus did.
"Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take [it], and likewise [his] scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one." Luke 22:36
And it is also not true that "The Second Amendment gives Americans the right to bear arms." God did. The second amendment restricts the government from infringing on the right of the people to obtain and bear arms.
Elvia Díaz seems wholely ignorant of where the rights of the people come from and what the original purpose of the constitution was intended to be. Judging by other articles she has published ignorance maybe most prominent trait.
Yes "that constitutional amendment doesn’t spell out the types of firearms Americans should bear, nor does it give Americans the right to sell them to anyone to carry anywhere." But again that amendment is not the source of the people's rights it is a restriction upon the government and this columnist for the Arizona Republic does not understand that and evidently the editors there and at USA Today are suffering from the same delusion or ignorance or bias as Elvia. But they are still allowed to write and publish this nonsense. I suppose they think they have that right because the government granted them that right with the first amendment.
Yes, "We know firearms are readily available to anyone who wants one" but that is not "the problem." Firearms were more available when I was a boy in Texas in the 1950s and we did not have these shootings and stabbings. "Sunday’s shooting" isn’t just "about how Kinnunen got a hold of a weapon" illegally but what brought him to this point of lawless behavior.
Suggesting that the government should have the right to infringe upon people's right to keep and bear arms because some people are bad and might get a gun if the government is not granted the power to infringe upon the people's rights is like restricting the right of a free press because someone might write nonsense and make some of the same ignorant comments we see coming from Elvia and a clearly bias media about where the rights of the people come from and the purpose of the Constitution.