One of the things that progressives are so certain that they have an
answer to is the question of evil in our society. They see evil as a societal ill, that they can control or eliminate by tweaking the controls of society. For instance, they think
that they can eliminate it by denying the evil men the tools of their
trade. Take away the man’s gun, they
reason, and he won’t be able to commit evil acts.
Me? I see evil as
having been with us since way before guns were around. Hell, it was among us before there was such a thing as society, so I’m not entirely
certain that taking away the guns is going to accomplish a damn thing.
So what would I do about evil?
Well, first off, I’m not entirely sure that there is
anything that you can do to stop it.
Anywhere you find men, you’ll find men among them willing to do evil
against other men for their own enjoyment and their own gain.
Second, even if you find something that can be done (which
would be a massive, theoretical leap, since we haven’t figured out what to do with
evil for the last 25,000 years), chances are it will take years to implement
and years to actually work. In the mean
time, it will continue preying on the innocent among us.
In the history of man the only thing that has ever
worked to beat back the inexorable tide of evil has been righteous violence
committed by good men in defense of the innocent.
And so, given the points above, the only thing that can be
done, right now, to stop the societal bleeding being caused by evil among us is
to arm the innocent, prepare them to defend themselves, and to ensure that more
people among us are prepared to do violence against it. Therefore, it is my opinion that the
progressive desire for gun control is actually counter-productive to their
overriding goal, which is to reduce violence and stop evil men from committing
it.
The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men
to do nothing to stop it…
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