Opinion

This isn’t how I planned to spend the last years of my life, but it is what it is. Meaning, of course, this pandemic world in which we now find ourselves stuck, basically sucks. That is, unless you’re a Trumpster. If that’s the case, then this Covid-19 pandemic doesn’t exist, so you can go merrily about your business griping that the Nov. 3 election was rigged and the pandemic is a hoax, which is how you will spend your next four years. Good times.

We’re living in a strange time. This year a record number of people bought guns. They bought them because riots are breaking out, buildings are being burned to the ground, and there’s a move afoot to defund the police. To put matters bluntly, people are buying guns so they can defend themselves. They are also buying guns because they believe (rightly or wrongly) that socialists are attempting to take over the government and destroy personal liberty. This is, therefore, a scary time for a potential incoming government to talk about confiscating guns.

Luke 18:13 (Jesus speaking), “But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me the sinner.’”