I had planned to place this blog in a different order on a different day, but with the news that the Florida State Legislature voted against an assault weapon ban during the activism and protest of surviving Stoneman Douglas students, it is warranted.
First, before anyone gets started, I am not going to criticize the students for their protests nor their advocacy of gun control. Neither will I say that what they are doing is wrong or out of line just because they are young. They are Americans, first and foremost. They have endured a tragedy many of us will, hopefully, never endure. The apostle Paul encouraged Timothy to not let anyone “despise” Timothy’s youth. So, on the contrary, I applaud what they are doing.
It does not matter that they protest against guns or advocate for more gun control. If you or I have grown so cynical in this world that you cannot see the expression of freedom in their eyes and voices, then we might as well find a cave and become hermits. The act of protest is foundational in our nation and its Constitution. We are a nation born in protest and rebellion against a government that sought our subjugation instead of seeing us as equal citizens. Many young men and young women have shed blood over this very fact from 1776 until today. Remember that.
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