One Person’s Actions Cannot Change a Nation

The violent criminal act in Texas is a tragedy that we cannot forget, and those who perpetrate such acts must be punished. We must mourn for the families, seek answers where they exist concerning why it happened, and ensure we do not overreact to the sensationalism in reporting that always follows violent crimes of this nature. Notice that I did not call this gun violence or some other term that is so often abused and used to further an agenda. This was a violent crime, and the perpetrator must be punished, that’s it.

Let’s be clear, the 2nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution is not about a person’s right to own a weapon so they can hunt, target shoot, or see how many cans they can knock off a fence post. It’s simply about the right of a person to defend their families and property and to be adequately armed for when government goes the way it always does over time and seeks to rule the people through force. Our founding fathers, imperfect as they were, knew that government always grows and far too many seek to work in government to be part of that “ruling class.” Therefore, an armed population is the greatest deterrent to such an event. If one person’s actions can change the fundamental fabric of our nation, then we no longer have a constitution we have a temporary contract that expires every 2-4 years subject to the whims of the winners.

Once again though we hear the constant hyperbolic refrain of politicians hyperventilating about how much we need “common sense gun reforms” and to “get rid of assault rifles.” The debate of what someone means by “assault rifle” is an interesting one that will not be settled in this article. Though there is no such weapon, those advocating for ignoring the 2nd Amendment don’t care about such pesky facts and will charge on with their agenda unconcerned about the damage that would result if they won the day. What’s of greater importance from a policy perspective is that the contract that is the U.S. Constitution explicitly states that the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed – “shall not.”

Next, policy pursuits are important and any large organization that is well led and managed approaches policy in a manner that addresses the majority of the situations. To attempt to create legislation or policy based on what are rare examples of violence is poor governance. The smart way to approach legislation or policy is to look at the nation from the perspective of what needs to be done, if anything, to address most of the population while building in mechanisms to address rare situations. “Gun violence” is not the norm in America given the number of gun owners and total firearms owned in the country. You cannot develop good legislation or policy by punishing the law-abiding majority for the crimes of the few. First of all, those few don’t care about your policy and won’t be prevented from their pursuits anyway, for criminals do not make it a habit to follow the law. Proof of this is that there are 20,000 +/- laws concerning firearms in this country, what difference do they make? Criminals commit crimes, good people don’t.

Let’s instead leave the Constitution intact, do what benefits the vast majority of Americans, and let the criminal code deal with the criminals who could care less about the law

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