I saw this bumper sticker affixed on a large, gas guzzling pick up truck the other day.
I had to wonder if he felt any shame or remorse for driving around touting a link to guns & god, in the aftermath of yet another senseless shooting spree in the United States.
It's pretty sick to tie the two together, guns & god, since biblical themes & commandments urge us to "love one another", and "do unto others", and frankly, "thou shalt not kill" seems pretty straightforward & clear, as far as commandments go.
The slogan seems to infer that President Obama is therefore, anti god.
Honestly, I don;t know if in the Bush 2 post 9-1-1 era, a bumper sticker with the presidents name & a gun reference would even be tolerated.
The title of the Patriot Act is a ten letter backronym (USA PATRIOT) that stands for Uniting (and) Strengthening America (by) Providing Appropriate Tools Required (to) Intercept (and) Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001.
I'm sure somewhere in the 342 pages, and 57,896 words, there is a clause that says any threat to the President will be "taken seriously, & prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law". Indeed some middle school kid who wrote a very negative piece on then president G. W, Bush, had the FBI show up at her school to investigate & interrogate her. This kid was considered a viable threat-- even though she lived nowhere near the president, just having bd thoughts & expressing them out loud was enough to warrant an in-person investigation.
I came across this other variation of that same bumper sticker theme, that added "pro life" to the roster.
Is it just me, or is the gun facing the heart logos a disturbing layout?
Perhaps they did have it next to the "anti-Obama" logo but that had a bad implication & having the gun facing the crucifix "god" symbol was out of place as well. So they settled on the gun poised to shoot as the "pro-life" heart symbol.
The point is, here in the US, people are too comfortable with guns. They are too easy to access, and the "freedom" to arm one's self to the hilt, and potentially go out on a killing spree has been played out by teen aged kids in schools, young adults on College campuses, at a Congressperson in public to get public input, and now in a movie theater. This mindset emboldens anyone with violent tendencies to actually enact the violence.
Outlawing bumper stickers is not what I am advocating- we really need gun control laws, as average citizens have no need for military style AK 45 type, rapid fire weapons that can fire off a round of 100 bullets at a time.
The bumper stickers are a symptom of the mentality that has caused this country to become killing fields.
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When I see god and gun used together, I wonder where in the bible are guns elevated to the level of god, let alone even mentioned.
The gun problem in America begs to be addressed.
Sadly, it is considered a political hot potato- so no one wants to address it. That just adds to the tragedy.
As Jason Alexander put it:
"These weapons are military weapons. They belong in accountable hands, controlled hands and trained hands. They should not be in the hands of private citizens to be used against police, neighborhood intruders or people who don’t agree with you. These are the weapons that maniacs acquire to wreak murder and mayhem on innocents. They are not the same as handguns to help homeowners protect themselves from intruders. They are not the same as hunting rifles or sporting rifles. These weapons are designed for harm and death on big scales.
SO WHY DO YOU CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEM? WHY DO YOU NOT, AT LEAST, AGREE TO SIT WITH REASONABLE PEOPLE FROM BOTH SIDES AND ASK HARD QUESTIONS AND LOOK AT HARD STATISTICS AND POSSIBLY MAKE SOME COMPROMISES FOR THE GREATER GOOD? SO THAT MOTHERS AND FATHERS AND CHILDREN ARE NOT SLAUGHTERED QUITE SO EASILY BY THESE MONSTERS? HOW CAN IT HURT TO STOP DEFENDING THESE THINGS AND AT LEAST CONSIDER HOW WE CAN ALL WORK TO TRY TO PREVENT ANOTHER DAY LIKE YESTERDAY?
We will not prevent every tragedy. We cannot stop every maniac. But we certainly have done ourselves no good by allowing these particular weapons to be acquired freely by just about anyone.
I’ll say it plainly – if someone wants these weapons, they intend to use them. And if they are willing to force others to “pry it from my cold, dead hand”, then they are probably planning on using them on people."
http://www.opednews.com/populum/linkframe.php?linkid=153446
~Fran
Thank you for posting these. I saw someone yesterday with the cross/gun/heart one and wasn't quick enough to take a picture, but none of my friends would believe me that something this ridiculous actually exists.
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