I’d be grateful if someone would explain why certain federal states in the USA have made illegal the termination of pregnancy at any stage of fetal development (with minimal concessions to maternal well-being) while at the same time continuing to legislate the Right to Bear Arms.
Surely, those who take the commandment Thou Shalt Not Kill seriously cannot believe it is OK to have no laws preventing the freedom to buy firearms whose purpose is to maim and kill. Pro-lifers who are vocal about the preservation of all life should perhaps lobby just as strongly for gun-control measures. Rueful condemnation of mass shootings by deranged gun-toting individuals as “…stuff happens” is not a great answer.
With regard to the abortion issue, my personal opinion is that none of us is perfect and each case should be judged on its own merits. But while pontificating about the precious life of babies in the womb, pro-lifers not forget that the life of each innocent victim of gun crime was equally precious from the moment of its conception. Those victims had names and families. They, too, were created in the image of God.
