School Shootings: A Problem with Guns or a Problem with Families
The recent shooting at the Santa Fe High School in Texas is another unfortunate event that falls into what many are calling a ‘school shooting epidemic'. The fact that events like these keep happening should be a cause for every American to reflect on the country’s decaying moral values. However, the mainstream media has hoisted it up as a talking point to attack the Second Amendment and the rights of gun owners in America. It’s clear that there are malicious and powerful forces in the country that want to disarm every American of their right to defend themselves, their loved ones and their property.
Having sensible conversations about making schools safe has been twisted into talk about gun reform. Gun owners, who are legally entitled to firearms under the Second Amendment, are being demonized by being called perpetrators of gun culture. What these social justice warriors on their moral high ground don’t understand is that gun violence can happen with or without their so-called gun reform. The guns that they call instruments of death are the same ‘instruments’ that will ensure they will make it alive out of a hostile situation. They don’t realize that when the terrorists attack us on our home soil, it will be our guns that will ensure the survival of our liberty.
All this talk about gun reform is a red herring that stops a conversation about how family values taking a backseat have led us to frequent shootings in our communities. Most of those who perpetuate this violence are young, disturbed individuals who are deprived of a good upbringing and healthy values. Respect and discipline, once the cornerstone of American households are no longer values parents feel necessary to teach their children. Instead, these parents have abdicated their responsibility and left their kids to be raised by morally bankrupt TV, video games, the public-school system, and music. Add to that an environment that normalizes divorce, unwed mothers, godlessness, promiscuity and drug abuse and we have a recipe for disaster. Now, understand I was once an unwed mother. So, I am not demoralizing myself or other hard working single parents. It’s just hard to play two roles and sometimes the kids act out.
In the absence of good morals, American youth have embraced hedonism. The value of hard work has been replaced by instant gratification on social media. Young people have been taught that they can and should be as outlandish as possible. Attention is their currency. So it comes as no surprise that when these tragedies are given a closer look, hunger for attention comes out as the motivation.
Instead of practicing the virtue of patience and hard work, today’s American youth want everything now. When they face any difficulty, they act up and take rash actions like throwing tantrums and at their worst, go on a shooting spree in their school. Guns don’t kill people, entitled kids who don’t know any better do. They are not the responsible gun owners of America who follow proper protocol and gun safety laws of their country. Taking away the rights of gun owners is another way America is being stripped of its identity and values. It infringes on America’s ability to live up to the ideals of a free nation.
In the interest of the safety of our kids and communities, we need to take a close look at our communities and our culture. When we no longer honor God’s word and seek false gods, we cause the decay of America’s soul. This violence is only an escalation of this decay. We have to shun the media that promotes ungodliness and raise our children with respect for America and its values. It’s only a return to the wholesome values of our forefathers that will give us the strength to steer this country away from a state of decline.
