Should Christians be allowed to
bear arms? Should pray and God be allowed in schools? I recently read an
article, by Anastasia Basil and located on Huffington Post, titled “Dear
Christians with Guns” where she discussed the fact that Christians and guns should
not be mixed together. One of the biggest things she pointed out were the few
tragic events where men decided to storm in shooting killing kids while they
were at school. She stated some people may believe two things in regards to
God, pray, and schools: 1) God let incidents such as school massacres occur to
send a message to people who believes in the separation of church and state and
2) if the shooters in these events had been able to pray in school then they
would have never shoot up the schools.
Where and when should God be
allowed? In hospitals when the patient is on their deathbed? In prisons when in
the electric chair? As far as God and pray in schools, I personally would love
to have that done but we cannot force religion on to other because of the our
right to Religious freedom. It has also come to the point were the “pledge of
allegiance” is not allowed to be said in school anymore. I feel that the people
that carry guns and I say everyone should be thoroughly tested both emotional
and mental before they are allowed to purchase guns in any countries. These
tested would help determine who’s suitable for guns and whose not. The safer
the ones handling the gun, the safer the world and our schools will be with
them around.
Personally, I'm not sure where it is i stand on the gun debate. People want guns because they feel they will be able to protect themselves with one. However, guns cant just be passed around to anyone who wants one because there are a lot of psychos out there and "accidents" happen. Like you said, something has to be done to determine the eligibility of gun users, because a lot of them aren't even trained to use them. Maybe an alternative can be established, substitute real guns for taser guns to avoid accidents.
ReplyDeleteThe issue with guns has nothing to do with religion, but how the world is rapidly changing. We are becoming more violent, and uncaring. What needs to happen is stricter gun laws and more in depth background checks. I also agree to a degree on the lack of religion being a cause for this downfall. Only because religion brought family and friends together, not letting outside influences in.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the mental and emotional testing should definitely be something that is implemented for those who decide to purchase firearms. At the same time, I feel as if these tests are not administered my clinical professionals they will lose some accuracy. A store clerk in Walmart is not qualified to test anyone's mental capacity. The removal of religion from schools will forever be an issue. It just puts the responsibilities of teaching children morals and values back into the hands of the parents. It is easy to blame the school system for lack of religious freedom as some put too much emphasis on what is not offered instead of focusing on the quality of the academics offered.
ReplyDeleteKishanna Jackson
I don't think it's so much as "Christians and guns." Anyone can go to any school and open fire on anyone, not just a Christians. As for the mental and emotiona testing, that would be great, but who would want to fund that? I'm sure no one would and with testing people, that would go against 'the right to bare arms.' Unfortunately, people are insane and have no control over their emotions or thoughts.
ReplyDeleteYes we need mental and emotional testing for the purchasing of guns. It will be great.Now how will this benefit society and how would they government fund this. Bu t what if everybody in the world need this test?
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