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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Background Checks for Gun Sales



"But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived." 
2 Timothy 3:13 NKJV

Just as First Lady Michelle Obama said today about the case of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton who had been shot in the back, Jan. 29, as she was spending time in a park with her friends: "Hadiya Pendleton was me and I was her. But I got to grow up and go to Princeton and Harvard Law School and have a career and a family and the most blessed life I could ever imagine."  


Excerpts reported yesterday by Associated Press:

Residents said the man first killed his son and his mother before leaving his house and then began shooting his neighbors. They expressed shock, describing the suspect as a nice quiet man living in one of a dozen modest homes that make up this village set on a lush green hill covered with fruit trees.
"He knocked on the doors and as they were opened he just fired a shot," said resident Radovan Radosavljevic." He was a good neighbor and anyone would open their doors to him. I don't know what happened."

This could have been Anywhere, USA. It wasn’t. It was in Serbia, where shootings are relatively rare but weapons are readily available from former wars.


Yes, we all know tragic stories will continue, just as DUI will continue regardless of driving laws. Background checks won’t turn bad to good. But at least it’s a beginning of having authority to say “no” to the bad and “yes” to law abiders. The final nod is up to our elected officials in Congress, who were chosen based on background checks themselves.



“…one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead.” Philippians 3:13

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    1. Thanks for your comment. For some reason, many people choose not to comment publicly. Instead, I get most via email and public conversations through others.

      Anyway, I’ve been trying to rationalize why Congressional members we voted into office to protect us and represent us decided at the last minute to disallow background checks for gun sales. Background checks have become such a mainstay of life, that we typically expect them—from jobs to credit checks and even to getting a motor vehicle license. Why not gun sales?

      It appears that #Congress was bought by the highest bidder, succumbed to threats of losing their political careers or was sucked into believing lies. It’s sad to know that our elected officials can be bought so easily. Whatever happened to courage and standing up for what is right for society because it’s the right thing to do?

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