Empathy in the wake of violence

The mistake Leftists make about the 2nd Amendment ( out of ignorance or deliberately) is that it is about firearms. It isn’t. It is about the basic, natural and God given right of self defense. If you will not fight for that what will you fight for?

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Thanks to OP for their usual wisdom. I wonder how this woman, obsessed with the guilt of guns, feels about the pocket knife used to murder the Ukrainian woman on the Charlotte light rail?

“In the early 1900s, ‘to have empathy’ was to enliven an object or to project one’s own imagined feelings onto the world.” Sympathy “is a feeling of sincere concern for someone who is experiencing something difficult or painful” whereas “empathy involves actively sharing in the emotional experience of the other person.” Charlie Kirk was correct in his interpretations and comparisons. Indeed, Ms. Jeffers is correct in “no good comes from the sewing of...bitter harvests, and we will eat the bitter fruits for generations.” The problem stems from the stem of the fruits being sewn by what appear to be leftist/liberal “empathies” that run the gamut: abortion, alcohol/drug abuse, American revisionist history, child abuse, Christian apathy, disregard for human life, entertainment industry, human trafficking, lack of proper parenting, mainstream media sins of omission/commission, moral decadence, transgenderism, etc. Evil has always hated/reviled what is good/true as evidenced throughout Scripture. Until the reality and acceptance of truth, law and order, are restored to this country, peaceful accord may be a long time coming.

Traffic deaths are inevitable when people own cars. As for gun ownership, evidently in Canada you can't own a gun, knife, bear spray or have your security camera range any further than your immediate residence. I suspect they will ban door locks next.

Virtue signalling,incongruent comparisons, misinterpretations and even some projection. Charlie was openly exercising his Constutional Rights and was murdered for it. He knew he faced that possibility each time he spoke and discussed his beliefs in unfriendly public forums. Be brave like Charlie. Get off your keyboard and engage and debate in person with those who disagree and convince us how we are wrong.

His life was about free speech as will be his legacy.

Democrats thought the deaths of American citizens (Laken Riley, Jocelyn Nungary, Rachel Morin and many others) was worth it just to have open borders to increase their census numbers for congressional seats and electoral college votes.

Excellent comments, as always, OP. Rini Jeffers writes: “Two weeks ago I wrote that guns are the leading cause of death for our children. In America, 125 people a day are killed by guns.” “Kirk’s death is being treated as a national tragedy.” ——— I don’t remember hearing of her. She doesn’t appear to be a hater in this particular piece, but her convoluted attempts at reasoning lead to the same flawed rationale as haters who have swallowed the purposeful leftist propaganda for taking away guns and eliminating the 2nd Amendment. Responsible gun owners and supporters of the 2nd Amendment know that guns may be a leading method of violent death, but they are not the cause. Charlie Kirk’s death is not being treated as a national tragedy because of the method of his death. It was not the gun that caused Charlie’s death. It was the deliberate motivation, mindset and heart of the person who used the gun to kill him. Common sense should tell us that guns, just as anything else, can be used for good or bad. Charlie supported the rights provided by the 2nd Amendment, not the abuse of it, or murder. Simply put, people, who deliberately choose to murder, use different methods; but, the cause is a choice that comes from within the heart (mind). That’s why the solution is punishment for the murderer and not elimination of rights to protect the innocent. Sadly, people blinded by irrational emotions, on the spectrum from love to hate, aren’t likely to change their minds, and guns are here to stay. That’s why their opinions must be defeated to prevent all of us from becoming victims to a dictatorship that controls us at the point of a gun.

As someone posted, that Ukrainian woman was killed with a pocket knife, Timothy McVeigh used fertilizer to kill 100 plus people in that federal building, Islamist loons killed thousands by using airplanes on the Twin Towers, in 1927 a man used dynamite in a school basement to kill 37 kids, and during the George Floyd riots some burned to death. I could go on but the 2nd Amendment protects honest citizens from defending themselves against criminals and it happens every day. Evil people will find a way...it's in their black hearts and not in the firearm or any other tool...rocks, golf clubs, walking canes or any other ordinary item we see every day. It's not about "gun control" to politicians, it's about control period.

The rifle that fired the bullet that killed Charlie Kirk didn't say one day, I need to kill Kirk and animate itself to the roof top, aim, and fire. Except for Tyler Robinson, it would have remained where it was and caused no harm to anyone. The old maxim "Guns don't kill people, people with guns kill people.", always holds true.

Your article is so unnecessary, Rini. If you don't want to own a firearm, don't. The Constitution says the rest of US can. Leave it.

Jeffers (she calls the President "Trump") obviously has an anti-gun ax to grind. And I would expect a journalist to know the difference between sewing and sowing. But education is not what it once was.