Making the Case for "Assault"-Style Weapons: It's a Heart Issue

In the wake of the recent school shootings in America, many have asked, "Why do we need access to "assault"-style weaponry as private citizens?" So... here's my take on the Second Amendment. Not to be argumentative... just posing a logical explanation.


Let's say our government does begin to radically infringe upon our rights. Let's say a dictatorship does arise. The sole intent of the Founding Fathers to arm its people was to protect against a rogue government. 

"But they never envisioned the type of guns we have today."

This is the argument of many, which in my estimation falls flat on its face. Though they're right and it's true, the Founders could never have imagined the realm of destruction and devastation our modern-day privately-owned weapons wield. But they also never envisioned a government that has the military weaponry ours does today either. Can you imagine a suppressed citizenry trying to defend with single-shot hunting rifles? We wouldn't stand a chance... which is what the current leftist government wants. If we limit the power of the peoples' arsenal, we will never be able to overthrow a corrupt government. 

Take it or leave it. Americans must have access to the weaponry they deem best to protect themselves from an all-powerful, freedom-stripping government. Not popular I know. But it is why Jefferson and the Framers added the Second Amendment.

"To balance power, a reaction must equal the measure of an action"

In other words... The power of the people must be equal to the power of their government. Oh... and the problem isn't guns... it's the hearts of people. Guns are tools. No different than a knife. No different than a keyboard. In the wrong hands, all tools are potentially dangerous. The problem is the people behind them. Seems like such a common-sense approach here, but it bears needing repeated. Our media, our politicians, our socialistic-leaning society is blurring this line. We blame "mental illness." We blame the NRA. We blame each other's unwillingness to compromise. We blame the tool.

It, in fact, is none of those things. The problem is the condition of people's hearts. Our society is suffering from a self-inflicted wound. A century ago, we wounded ourselves by accepting the progressive ideology, which constantly attempts to undermine morality and conscience. It lifts man to an elevated status that is void of consequence. It achieves this by removing God and His Holy Word from the culture. In America's case, our government and schools. Our Founding Fathers understood the value of morality, and they upheld the source by which it came-- the Scriptures. Even those Agnostic framers credited the Bible with establishing moral principles. God's Word served as a moral compass. It was widely accepted as curriculum in our schools and as the nation's legislative framework. But when we began embracing progressivism, things began to change and we lost our Moral Compass. Moral depravity ensued and continues to result in heartless, evil chaos. 

So, the answer is not more laws. Evil will always exist. Criminals will always find ways to acquire weapons of their choice. If we ban assault weapons, evil will find a new tool, be it bombs or airplanes or chemicals. People's hearts must change. We must go back to what has worked in the past... re-establishing morality into our culture. Finding our bearings will only happen if we find our Moral Compass-- God and His Word. Will it end evil and the violent acts we are seeing today? Not entirely, but it will no doubt curb the frequency of their occurrences.