A Deo et Rege

In the aftermath of the recent Church shooting, one person estimates that the security guard who shot and killed the gunman probably “saved over 100 lives.” That’s right, guns don’t just cause crime, but actually stop it. Most sane people recognize this fact and affirm the need for military, police, and private security to be armed. However, many of the same people still support keeping guns out of the hands of law abiding citizens who want to protect themselves, their families, and total strangers. In fact, if Kansas had denied its citizens their second amendment rights, over 100 people could well have been dead since this “security guard” was actually acting as a volunteer with a Concealed Carry License.

This is consistent with the overall research of John Lott, whose great book “More Guns, Less Crime” has demonstrated the role of guns and specifically concealed carry licenses in reducing crime overall. That book, and his other, “The Bias Against Guns” helped in my journey from a gun controller who bought every myth and half truth put forth by the interest groups via the media to a defender of our second amendment rights.

I’ve put up a new post at Per Christum about why my Catholic and conservative principles have led me to reject the death penalty in most cases. I guess this puts me in the traditions of those two great Pauls: John and Ron.

Read: Catholic, Conservative, and Against Capital Punishment