Day 28: Current Events (Guns)

I feel like I should have at least one post that lets my kiddos know what's going on in the world around them as they grow. Disclaimer: I do not keep up with current events very well and have said many of times "if it's not on Nick Jr. or Disney, then I don't know about it." Does that make me uninformed? Ill-prepared? Perhaps. I still hear certain things on the radio or see certain things on Facebook but the really heavy stuff, I let daddy filter through what he thinks I need to know or not. Judge if you like but I am one of those people very easily affected by the world around me. I get very caught up in the tragedy of others that it begins to take it's toll on me emotionally and I can't do that, not with 3 kids. I definitely still pray for peace and comfort for this fallen world but only God knows what tomorrow brings and I just have to trust His judgement.

So here's what little I know on the gun topic... ;)
First of all, currently you can gain any kind of information from the social media network called Facebook. Weather, news, sports - some one is getting divorced or found a new man, Facebook. If you're looking to shop for anything from baby clothes to books to furniture, Facebook. It is the mainstay for all current events and sometimes it can be a bit much. I love looking/using facebook to keep up with my friends and to post pics of my cute babes BUT there are some that will post the most awkward things. Like daddy said, Facebook allows you to see the person outside of a normal social gathering. To spend each day with them and what they're thinking of which sometimes is a little scary. LOL. However, this is where I get a lot of my information on weather, politics, etc. I'm sure I drive daddy nuts because I'll read something and get so steamed up that he has to listen and then explain what's really going on. Right now, the big debate is the gun law. There have been numerous shootings over the years and now our government wants to tighten down on our right to own a gun. My first reaction to this was one of a concerned mother. I agreed that there is no reason anyone should own an AR-15. Why would you need something that sprays out bullets so quickly if you're not in a war? My opinion did not go over very well on my very conservative husband who explained it to me like this. It is our constitutional right to bear arms and while no one truly needs an AR-15 or any other weapon of that magnitude, if you allow them (government) to take away our rights - where does it stop?! There was great debate a few months back because a few big wigs thought it necessary to control our portions for what we buy in fast food chains. They felt that certain sized beverages should no longer be available and as a consumer your "large" now had to be a smaller size. Again, I saw no problem with this since we are the leading nation in obesity but like stated before, if we continue down this path of letting these know-it-alls make our choices - it will never stop! Our country was founded upon freedom and our own right to choose what we want and how we run our businesses. Back to the guns - another great point made by daddy was, do we REALLY think that tightening down on the gun law is going to stop criminals or psychopaths from owning a gun. NO! What stops them now from breaking the law? If they want a gun, they'll find a gun. What we are going to end up doing is taking guns out of the wrong hands. Out of the hands of law abiding citizens. A friend of mine posted (again Facebook) these two little clips and I found both of them informative...and funny:

The one on the right made me laugh out loud because it is SO true! I mean c'mon..wake up! We need people to stand up for our rights and cry out as a nations that this is not to be tolerated. We have a voice and its our choice. The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution reads: "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." That's our RIGHT. Here's another image I found from the great Thomas Jefferson who was one of our founding fathers and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence:

Right now, the percentage of people who do NOT want to see this new law invoked is 60%! That's only 10  percent more then 50/50. My heart aches for the world that my babies are growing up in. A world so corrupt and without the freedoms that were originally given and promised to us. More over, a world so full of sin and separated from God, that it scares me as a mother for what tomorrow holds. Lord, WAKE up our nation and hear our cries. Let my babies be the next generation to rise up and be a voice of truth and to put aside the sins of the wold. Break our hearts for what breaks yours.