Gun control, Media, Socialism

I haven’t watched the news since November 6. I’m still quite distraught over the election. Everything and everyone I voted for lost. Why? The simple answer is stupidity/ignorance and the moral degradation of society.

I read a news snippet on the Internet today that said that Bob Costas – during a football game yesterday – went on a 90 second rant about gun control. I did not see it. (If I watch TV on Sunday, it’s only BYUTV.) But,  I’m so sick and tired of the liberal media, under the socialist Obama regime, feeding lies to the American people. Why can’t they just broadcast a football game without putting their liberal/socialist spin on things and feeding it to the unsuspecting American public?

Honestly, do you really think it is the gun’s fault that a deranged professional football player committed murder then suicide? From what I’ve read about what Bob Costas said, not much was mentioned about the murder. Only sympathetic things were said about the murderer. Because, heaven knows, if he did not have that gun, he and his girlfriend would still be alive. At least that’s what Bob Costas told everyone. And the sad part is, people actually believe the lies.

Yes, it’s a sad story but put the blame where it lies. Blame the murderer, not the weapon. If somebody wants to murder someone they will find a way to do it. Regardless of the weapon or method they choose.

I have never believed in gun control, nor fully understood the logic behind it. Should we not allow people to purchase knives, or rope, or motor vehicles, or anything that might be used to murder someone? Should we put all of those items on a seven-day waiting period? Should we do background checks on anyone trying to purchase a kitchen knife or an extension cord?  It’s ridiculous.

Just because a gun can be used to kill someone doesn’t mean that it will be. Any more than a knife or rope or car will be used to kill someone just because they can. It is the person that murders, not the weapon.

Government cannot, or I should say should not, regulate every aspect of people’s lives. But it sure seems like that’s what they’re trying to do. Remember the mayor of New York City regulating the size of soda New Yorkers can buy? What happened to agency? Our Heavenly Father’s Plan is that we are able to exercise our agency and then reap the consequences whether good or bad. This is how we learn and grow. Coincidentally, all of us chose this plan before we came to earth.

Socialism is not the Lord’s plan. It is Satan’s plan. This is the promised land. We are supposed to be a free people. But unfortunately, we are steadily becoming a more socialistic country where the government gets bigger and bigger and people become more dependent upon the government. And as a consequence, we become less free.

Gun control is just one example. If you don’t believe me, listen to the words of a prophet.

The following quotes are taken from: Secret Combinations by Elder Ezra Taft Benson of the Council of the Twelve Apostles. General Conference, October 1961.

“There are those who recommend that the clash between communism and freedom be avoided through disarmament agreements. Abolishing our military strength and adopting an unenforceable contract as a substitute to protect us would go down in history as the greatest mistake free men could make in a time of peril.

President McKay declared:

“Force rules in the world today, consequently, our government must keep armies abroad, build navies and air squadrons, create atom bombs to protect itself from the threatened aggression of a nation which seems to listen to no other appeal than compulsion.” (Ibid., p. 304.)

This parallels the historic statement by George Washington when he vigorously warned:

“There is a rank due the United States among the nations that will be totally lost by the reputation of weakness. If we would avoid insult we must be able to repel it, if we would secure the peace it must be known that we are at all times ready for war.”

It is Obama’s socialistic agenda and therefore the liberal media’s agenda also, including Bob Costas, to disarm this nation. Those of you who have seen Obama’s America 2016 know this. Over the past four years Obama has decreased our nuclear capabilities. I can’t remember the exact numbers but it is a lot. At the same time, Iran is increasing their nuclear capabilities by making nuclear bombs as we speak. This is just one example of Obama’s socialistic/communistic agenda.

Continuing quotes from Pres. Ezra Taft Benson’s talk:

“What is the official position of the Church on communism? In 1936 the First Presidency made an official declaration on communism which has never been abrogated. I quote the concluding paragraph:

“We call upon all Church members completely to eschew communism. The safety of our divinely inspired constitutional government and the welfare of our Church imperatively demand that communism shall have no place in America”

“We must ever keep in mind that collectivized socialism is part of the communist strategy. Communism is fundamentally socialism. We will never win our fight against communism by making concessions to socialism. Communism and socialism, closely related, must be defeated on principle. …”

And my favorite quote from Pres. Benson’s 1961 talk:

“No true Latter-day Saint and no true American can be a socialist or a communist or support programs leading in that direction. These evil philosophies are incompatible with Mormonism, the true gospel of Jesus Christ.”

So, you Obama voters, don’t take my word for it. A prophet of God has stated that if you support socialism or communism or any programs leading in that direction-- i.e. Obama, or gun control, etc.-- then you are not a true American or a true Latter-Day Saint.

That’s my two cents.