Our responsibility to defend ourselves

(My Eastern New Mexico News column for September 3, 2025)

Last week, another mentally ill individual chose to be an evil loser and shot into a church full of children, killing two and injuring many more.

The usual anti-gun voices immediately blamed guns and all the gun owners who didn't commit murder. They never place blame on the evil loser because that doesn't fit the agenda. Dancing in the blood of innocents is their only play, and they are experts at it.

Even some people who are generally less anti-gun chimed in to suggest mentally ill people shouldn't be allowed to own weapons. "Allowed"? By whom, and by whose imaginary authority or precognitive ability?

Weapons are a natural human right, inherent in everyone, including those who are mentally ill. Every human alive has equal and identical rights; no one has the right to commit murder.

I oppose background checks to purchase firearms. They didn't work in this case; they don't work in any other case. No one has the right to decide what another is allowed to own.

Government is clearly prohibited by the Second Amendment from making up or enforcing any rules concerning weapons. Any. Yes, government employees choose to commit the crime of "gun control" all the time; a criminal conspiracy which needs to be called out and ended. A crime is any act which violates life, liberty, or property; it's not about what objects someone owns or carries.

Instead, everyone has the right to fight back if someone decides to use their tools to harm the innocent. Background checks and all other anti-weapon rules violate this right, making it safer for evil losers to commit atrocities without facing the possibility that someone may have the means to stop them before they do what they intend.

What can be done?

People can see when someone shows signs of having a mental problem, with or without formal psychological training. It's simple self-preservation. However, most people have been trained to be too polite to say so or to act on it. Break your training.

If you notice someone showing signs that something is going wrong in their brain, admit it. Stay alert. Warn others. Get some distance between yourself and them. If it's a family member, try to get them help before it's too late. Most importantly, be ready to defend yourself and others from them at all times. You may not like it, but it's your sacred responsibility.

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