{"id":12134,"date":"2018-02-17T10:35:38","date_gmt":"2018-02-17T18:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=12134"},"modified":"2018-02-17T10:35:38","modified_gmt":"2018-02-17T18:35:38","slug":"florida-school-massacre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2018\/02\/17\/florida-school-massacre\/","title":{"rendered":"The Florida School Massacre\u2014My Response"},"content":{"rendered":"

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YHVH has blessed my wife and I with four beautiful, healthy children. There’s no way for me to even remotely imagine losing a single one for any reason, much less at the hands of a deranged murderer.<\/p>\n

“YHVH Elohim, have mercy on the parents, spouses, children, families and friends of those who were murdered. May beauty come from these ashes and out of the midst of this unspeakable tragedy, may people’s hearts be stirred to look heavenward toward you. Help them to seek and to find you, so they can experience the love, peace, joy, mercy and forgiveness that comes only from you. Instead of being angry at you, may they be angry at the sinfulness of fallen humanity that has willfully separated itself from you and now is reaping the consequences of its actions. May this reality cause many to turn to Yeshua the Messiah and to fall repentantly at the foot of his cross in search of redemption from their sins. May they find there the river of life that comes from you as they surrender themselves to your path of spiritual light and righteousness as revealed in your Word, the Bible. Amein.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In response to the Florida school massacre, I received this note from Jennifer S.<\/p>\n

In light of the recent violent shooting, about 20 years ago, I wrote a simple comment in our local newspaper…it was 7 words. “”God out, guns in. Think about it.”” I guess it must have been in response to the Columbine shooting. There were lots of positive comments that came in response to that brief offering. But now, it is ever more relevant today than it was then!\u00a0 Now that all the so-called “experts” have spoken, this is what needs to be said: If young people were learning “thou shall not kill”, etc., and “bless those who persecute you, pray for those who despitefully use you, do good to them who hate you”, as well as, “forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us”…there would not be so much extreme violence.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To the list of the reasons behind the increase in mass shooting in the U.S. I would add several other causes.<\/p>\n

On that list would NOT<\/em> be the mindless, mass hysterical response of the leftists that the government needs to confiscate and ban guns. Just ask people who have lived in countries where guns have been confiscated and banned how this has worked out for them! On the other hand, a couple of countries come to mind where the citizens either are required to own guns or have open carry laws for those who are trained in the proper use of guns. They don’t have the same problem with gun violence that the U.S. has. These countries are Switzerland and Israel.<\/p>\n

Now to the other reasons contributing to the mass shootings occurring more and more frequently in the U.S.\u2014<\/p>\n