I hold solace in the Lord, but my grief is not assuaged. The innocent, the young innocent, how many will be allowed to be killed? Beyond my comprehension, this act which has harmed so many.
Practically I was not surprised by the initial responses. There were those who, almost irrationally, opposed any discussion of gun control. I own firearms, neither proudly nor abashedly. However, I recognize that the 2nd amendment is just that, an amendment, it was not a part of the original Constitution of the United States. With regard to a Well Regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State I can not accept this means every citizen possesses the right to possess a firearm with no regard to purpose.
There are also those who believe this act is conclusive proof that no firearm should not be accessible to individuals who desires one. Surely this act of a man can leave no doubt that no citizen can be allowed to possess the means to inflict such harm. Neither can I find this view to be valid. If only the State is allowed to possess such weapons then I find the power of the State to overwhelm that of its citizens.
However, I think each of these view points are ancillary to the act of horror which has occurred in Connecticut. Here, now, has occurred an act which should not even be possible to be contemplated. How, my Lord, can this happen? I accept we have free will, but is there no limit to the degradation to which we can allow ourselves? Are we to be allowed to harm others to no end? There will be those who will be offended by my use of the pronoun we. To them I say, none of us lives in a vacuum. If we claim to be a society, civil or barbaric, we must acknowledge that an act by any member of that society is a reflection of the whole. I say this is the case whether such acts are reprehensible or heroic.
I offer no answers here. I cannot relieve the grief of those affected. They number in the thousands, family, friends, acquaintances and fellow citizens. I can only share the suffering.
