Country needs leaders willing to tackle problem of mass murder of children at schools

Editor:

In addressing one (and more) issues left unaddressed due to partisan paralysis, Pastor Barry C. Black, Chaplin to the United States Senate, said it perfectly.

“Lord, when babies die at a church school, it is time for us to move beyond thoughts and prayers”….. “Remind our lawmakers of the words of the British statesman Edmund Burke: ‘All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing.’”

“Lord, deliver our senators from the paralysis of analysis that waits for the miraculous. Use them to battle the demonic forces that seek to engulf us. We pray, in your powerful name, amen.”

Other western countries’ citizens have guns. But the US stands alone with its rates of murder and mass murder – particularly apparent in the slaughter of our children.

Of the different approaches found elsewhere there are three sure differences that work in concert to prevent the gun plague. 1. They have uniform background checks nationwide. 2. They do not permit hobbyist and hunters to have military-style assault weapons. 3. Violators are delt with severely.

Pastor Black  sees our country being dragged down by “demonic forces” behind the current paralysis. Spelled out these are the forces of hate, conspiracy fantasies, lies, easy answers and the wages of greed – and to him the very conception of God.  All pollute minds and feed extreme positions.

On the gun issue the manufactures, leaders and followers have blood on their hands, share and share alike.

Honor, goodwill, respect for law, respect for each other, respect for real evidence-based knowledge and a willingness to cooperate with all reasonable people(s) are the hallmarks of true (godly) Patriots who can solve this problem and more.

With a mass murder a day no candidate should be nominated who will not commit to tackle the problem with evidence-based solutions.

Conrad F. Cropsey

Albion