And not guns. So says Hal Lindsey:
But in the aftermath of America's worst school massacre, I know there are those who will use it to promote causes that don't really address the problem. For instance, the anti-gun crowd is already springing out of the woodwork.
But to say that this tragedy was caused by the availability of guns simplistically fails to recognize the real source of the problem. There has never been a gun made that killed anyone. It's the person wielding the weapon who kills. If that's not true, we had better forbid the use of the automobile.
Far more people are killed in auto accidents than are killed with guns. And yet, therein the problem is illustrated. Automobiles don't kill people. It's the person who drives the automobile that kills people.
One issue that is almost always overlooked in the discussion of gun violence is the complete removal of biblical morals and ethics from America's public life, especially our schools.
And here are examples of those who did ban guns:
So removing guns from law-abiding citizens is not the answer. It only leaves them defenseless before the criminals that in any case will manage to obtain guns. History repeatedly proves this point.
Listen to this statement and ask yourself who made it: "This year will go down in history. For the first time a civilized nation has full gun registration. The street will be safer, the police more efficient and the world will follow our lead into the future." That was spoken by Adolf Hitler, on April 15, 1935.
History offers other examples of what can happen when citizens are stripped of the means to defend themselves.
The Turkish Ottoman Empire established gun control in 1911. It then proceeded to exterminate 1 and a half million Armenians from 1914 to 1917.
The Soviet Union established gun control in 1929. Subsequently, from 1928 to 1953, 60 million dissidents were imprisoned and then exterminated.
China enacted gun control laws in 1935. After the communist takeover, from 1948 to 1952, 20 million Chinese, unable to defend themselves, were murdered.
Nazi Germany fully established gun control in 1938. That helped the government to round up 13 million defenseless Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals, mentally ill and impaired human beings. Many were imprisoned in concentration camps, then destroyed.
Guatemala passed gun control laws in 1964. Then, from 1964 to 1981, 100,000 defenseless Mayan Indians were exterminated.
Uganda established gun control measures in 1970. Predictably, from 1971 to 1979, 300,000 defenseless Christians met a similar fate.
Cambodia established gun control measures in 1956. Subsequently, from 1957 to 1977, 1 million Cambodians met their deaths.
