Why are they laughing?
This goes right to the heart of the freedom-responsibility issue. We cannot have individual freedom without individual responsibility.
An irresponsible society will never be a free society. The NRA has been teaching that cornerstone principle for more than the 55 years that I have been a member. As an NRA Instructor, I teach it also.
Given the recent stance taken by some left wing liberals over the NRA's promotion of individual freedom, specifically the "right to keep and bear arms", why are these people laughing?
You would think that with all of the anti-gun rhetoric that we have seen recently, the tone would be somber when discussing the negligent discharge of a firearm in a crowded room in a public place.
Can a responsible person find humor in an incident like this? A providential answer to that question can be found in today's Briefing by Albert Mohler:
The redefinition of comedy: Why a society that will laugh at everything doesn’t really understand anything
Therein lies the profound answer.
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