They claim advocating for firearms isn’t pro-life. But they then send guns (police, security detail, etc) to advocate for their own lives. Firearms on their own behavior are pro-life. But by their political rhetoric, that would be like sending an abortion to stop abortions. Imagine ending car wrecks with more car wrecks. Imagine casting out darkness with darkness. My followers know these are gross contradictions already. But here we are. The logic must be repeated in the public square.
A woman has a right to choose who to procreate with AND how defend herself. If her right to choose who to procreate with is removed it is either an arranged marriage or rape. So if her right to defend herself is removed, what do we call that? Tribal parenting or rape. Since the govt has no natural or moral authority of a parent, then we have one option. Gun control is rape.
This is without a doubt a provocative post. However, I think I’d nuance that last line “Gun control is rape.” To “Gun control is like rape in how it forces a person to remain vulnerable and exposed against their wishes.”
Otherwise, keep it up!
Thanks for this reply. Definitely meant to be provocative and to help the reader see the weight of the violation. I think there’s a legitimate dark thing in gun control, darker than we realize, that is easily brushed aside. Thanks for the nuance. I think gun control leaves people vulnerable but I think it is an actual violation too. To destroy a right is a moral violation, not just one that *exposes* them to moral violations. Of course, it exposes them to ADDITIONAL moral violations too. And I also think abortion is as much murder as a school shooting. If not rape, what moral comparisons would you choose instead that have appropriate punch?