Sobering thoughts for the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave . . .

A Little Gun History

In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control.

From 1929 to 1953, about 20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

In 1911, Turkey established gun control. From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

Germany established gun control in 1938 and from 1939 to 1945, a total of 13 million Jews and others who were unable to defend themselves were rounded up and exterminated.

China established gun control in 1935. From 1948 to 1952, 20 million political dissidents, unable to defend themselves were rounded up and exterminated.

Guatemala established gun control in 1964. From 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayan Indians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

Uganda established gun control in 1970. From 1971 to 1979, 300,000 Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

Cambodia established gun control in 1956. From 1975 to 1977, one million educated people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

Defenseless people rounded up and exterminated in the 20th Century because of gun control: 56 million.

You won't see this data on the US evening news, or hear politicians disseminating this information.

Guns in the hands of honest citizens save lives and property and, yes, gun-control laws adversely affect only the law-abiding citizens.

Take note my fellow Americans, before it's too late.

The next time someone talks in favor of gun control, please remind them of this history lesson.

With guns, we are 'citizens'. Without them, we are 'subjects'.

During WWII the Japanese decided not to invade America because they knew most Americans were ARMED.

If you value your freedom, please spread this anti-gun-control message to all of your friends.

SWITZERLAND ISSUES EVERY HOUSEHOLD A GUN.
SWITZERLAND 'S GOVERNMENT TRAINS EVERY ADULT THEY ISSUE A RIFLE.
SWITZERLAND HAS THE LOWEST GUN RELATED CRIME RATE OF ANY CIVILIZED COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. IT'S A NO BRAINER.

DON'T LET OUR GOVERNMENT WASTE MILLIONS OF OUR TAX DOLLARS IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE ALL LAW ABIDING CITIZENS AN EASY TARGET.

It's time to speak loud before they try to silence and disarm us. You're not imagining it, history shows that governments always manipulate tragedies to attempt to disarm the people~

　

　

　

Feast Day of the Three Kings

The final day of Christmas! The Three Kings arrive at the manger and greet the Baby Jesus. I've heard customs where, if you received any Christmas cards with a picture of the Three Kings, you save it to hang over your inside front door to bless the home for the coming year. I had a friend who used to send out only Three King Christmas cards in order to assure everyone of this opportunity.

My favorite blessing for the coming year is to inscribe with chalk the new year and the initials of the Three Kings over the outside doorway. This would appear like:

20 + C + M + B + 13
C is for Caspar, M is for Melchior, and B is for Balthasar. I've also heard that it could stand for, Christus Mansionem Benedicat - "May Christ bless this house".

I just changed the year on our inscription to '13' a few mintues ago. Not only it is it nice to remember the Three Kings in this way but it has opened conversation with door-to-door missionaries of various religions. Everyone forgets to argue faith as they want to know what the marks stand for on the door. We end up having a nice conversation, find a few things we have in common, and each go about the rest of our day with kind thoughts about the exchange.