Tuesday, December 25, 2012

I'm asking for the presidents help to keep our children safe.

     Since the horrific killing of the children and their teachers recently, (their fears and pains are gone and they abide with their ancestors, wanting for nothing), there has been much talk about gun control and keeping our children safe. 
     Let me be clear about myself here, I have no guns in my house and do not want one.  A gun is a tool designed specifically for the injuring or killing of people or animals, it's not much good for anything else. 
     Even so, I see the need for such tools and those trained and willing to use them.  It's to this end that I focus this posting. 
     Our president has two daughters, whenever they are out in public or at school they are watched over and protected by Secret Service agents who are very well trained and willing to do whatever is needed to protect those two girls.
     They are the presidents children and so the expectation is that someone will try to do them harm or kidnap them.  But when has that happened in the past?  Has anyone tried?  The answer to both questions is "Not that we know of."  Why is this?  Because anyone who would try to kidnap or do harm to those children knows they are protected, by people trained and willing to inflict extreme or fatal harm to defend them. If someone, a crazy lunatic or a skilled professional, did try, you can be sure the amount of pain and suffering they could inflict would be very minimal or none.
     Are his children more valuable than yours or mine? Unless you have the president on a pedestal and think he's more valuable than you and yours, any parent would answer that question with "No".
     Are your children as precious to you as his are to him? Do you want them equally protected from harm and horror?  Again, unless you're a member of some cult of personality based on the president, your answer is a "Yes".
     I'm asking the president to extend the protection his children have to all our children, or least at schools.