On My Mind: And After The Fact

 

"The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears; He delivers them from all their
troubles.  The Lord is near to the brokenhearted, He saves the contrite in spirit.
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all."
(Psalm 34:17-18)

The memorial in front of Robb Elementary School remembering the victims of 

Tuesday's tragic shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

Once again the nation has recoiled in shock and horror at another senseless
shooting, this time at a school in southern Texas, where nineteen children
 and two teachers died in a hail of bullets at Robb Elementary
School in the town of Uvalde, Texas.

The shooter, eighteen year old Salvador Ramos, died at the scene.

Seizing the opportunity to "Never let a crisis go to waste" President Biden
and other prominent Democrats are now demanding that Congress pass
 new and stricter "gun control" laws in our nation.

While addressing the nation Tuesday night, Biden had the audacity
to quote the biblical passage, "The Lord is near to the broken-hearted." 

 While this is true, the full quote of Scripture speaks of the heart 
condition of those who are broken in spirit.

"The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears; He delivers them from all their
troubles.  The Lord is near to the brokenhearted, He saves the contrite in spirit.
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all."
(Psalm 34:17-18)

  Biden then went on to say, "As a nation, we have to ask:
When in God's name are we going to stand up to the gun lobby?
 When in God's name will we do what we know in
our gut needs to be done?"

It is not the gun lobby, or law-abiding American citizens who legally
own firearms for their protection who are to blame for the tragedy
which happened this week in Uvalde, Texas.

The problem is unrighteous leadership in America.  How dare this man,
whose role as the President of the United States remains dubious at best,
while addressing a grieving nation, invoke the name of God, whom
he does not honor, to further his demand for more gun control in America?

How dare this pusillanimous usurper talk about having the guts to do
what needs to be done when he and his equally deplorable party are the 
 main purveyors of the spirit of death, perversion, and violence in this nation?

The phrase, "contrite in spirit"  is defined as "feeling or expressing remorse"
or being "penitent" or "guilty over sin"

Does this man, Biden,  feel or express remorse for sentencing
innocent babies in the womb to death through abortion and 
 advocating their murders days after they are born?

Does he feel any sense of guilt in his unwavering support
of the activist LGBTQ agenda  preying on innocent children in
 America's public schools, teaching them evil which is clearly
 condemned as abomination by the God of the Holy Bible?

Does he show even the least concern over allowing the
teaching of Critical Race Theory in our schools, the purpose
of which is to instill a constant climate of division and hostility,
unnecessary hatred and fear, primarily between
white and black Americans?

Joe Biden and other members of his party like to blame
the increase of gun violence in America on everyone else-
the far right, the gun lobby, the MAGA Movement,
President Donald Trump, etc.

This is both an exaggeration and a lie.

Where was Biden's concern, along with the rest of the Democrats,
when BLM and Antifa were rampaging through American cities,
looting, burning, and destroying homes and businesses?

What about the violence which happens EVERY SINGLE DAY in
the inner cities controlled by Democrat Administrations across America,
crimes often committed with illegal or stolen guns?  Where is Biden's concern
for the little children caught in the cross-fire in these mean streets, or
for the safety of American men, women, and children, regardless
of race or social class, from the alien criminals and gangs which
he and his administration are allowing to cross over our
southern borders unchecked?

All Biden and the Democrats seem to care about in this crucial moment for our
 nation is to capitalize on the great emotional suffering this incident has caused,
 while threatening law-abiding American gun owners with "stricter gun laws"
thus trammeling on our Second Amendment rights.  I pray that there
are enough members of Congress to see that more gun and
government control over our lives is not the answer.

It was only after the fact in this latest tragedy, that certain details began to 
emerge about the mental state of the gunman.  Salvador Ramos has been 
described by family and friends as a quiet loner, who dropped out of 
high school after allegedly being bullied by his peers.

It was also reported that Ramos' father, due to his work, was absent from
 his son's life.  He and his mother also had a difficult relationship, and she
 allegedly kicked him out of her home due to his "rage" issues. This was the
reason why Ramos was living with his grandparents before the shooting.

The warning signs were there and both his family and his friends believed this young
 man was seriously disturbed, and yet, no one apparently thought that he would be
capable of committing such a heinous act of senseless violence.. until it happened.

I think Representative Anthony Gonzales (R-TX) best expressed what is 
 in the hearts and in the minds of most Americans these days when he said:
"I'm happy to debate policy, but not today.  I mean, today, we, my community
is hurting.  You know, politicians like to divide us.  Leaders unite us and we
need to be united right now as Americans because what happened in
Uvalde, Texas can happen anywhere."