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Thankfully I’m getting old enough that I won’t have to go through fights for our liberty much longer. I’m getting tired of people saying “it’s the guns, not the individual”. I can remember prior to 1968 when you could purchase surplus WWII firearms from a firm in Alexandria, VA (Ye Old Hunter’s Lodge or something like that) with no background check and have the item mailed to you. So prior to 1968 we had nothing to protect us, and where was our crime rate? I venture to say it was much better than now. But what happened to make crime increase? Maybe it was the fact that we started by killing our babies, Hollywood glamorized murder, or that poverty and drugs created pockets of high crime areas within our major cities? But no, it’s not that....it’s the guns! So instead of making individuals responsible or attempting to solve the real issues, we blame the inert object. I guess that fits in nicely with the “we’re all special” mentality that’s creating a nation of disappointed and emotionally immature youth that would rather rob their elders than work (with apologies to today’s responsible youth that stand on principle).

> with apologies to today’s responsible youth that stand on principle

A few weeks ago I went to a class on The Constitution that was hosted by The Tea Party. There were probably 10 teenagers there and one maybe just a little older who knew The Constitution inside and out and had reportedly spoken at some other meetings. He was respectful, humble, and very intelligent and you tell he had a reverence for God. It was very obvious he is opposed to the current administration’s agenda to change and defile The Constiution and that he will enter into politics here in the next few years.

Youth like THAT give me hope. It doesn’t seem like there are many out there like that but I have run into more than I expected lately and it was obvious it was the parent’s influence on their lives that made the difference. So do not despair, there is hope.