Some may automatically reject my argument because it is rooted deeply in my Christian Faith.   Others may embrace it because it resonates with their beliefs.  I make those statements to highlight that each of us has an opinion.    I would argue that some opinions are more deeply rooted in fact, truth, and reality than others, but each of us has the right to form our own opinions and defend them as best we can. 

We have tried for decades to “Fix America” via the legislative, judicial, or executive branches of government.  I say “tried” tongue in cheek. Passing Legislation, making legal rulings, or issuing executive fiats has not worked! 

I have long contended that it is impossible to legislate morality.  It is impossible to legislate racial, ethnic, religious, social, or political harmony.  We are individual human beings, and each of us responds differently.  We react and respond differently to attempts mandating how we act, speak, think, or live.  Today’s climate of Political Correctness has become one of the most divisive and destructive forces existing in America. 

Legislation will not resolve our societal differences.  The passage of new laws will not prevent the evil, criminal, and deranged from committing acts of violence against other human beings.   The Law to that segment of society is meaningless. 

Congress can pass the most stringent “gun laws” ever witnessed to no avail.  The effects will be similar to those of Chicago and other cities with strict gun laws.  Violence escalates because, as with all laws, the people who obey those laws are not the ones perpetrating crimes.  Another problem is when we attempt to take guns out of the hands of the law-abiding, we leave them defenseless and in harm’s way.

A Senator, who I will leave unnamed, voiced that misguided ideology.  The problem is that when laws banning guns are in place, the criminal becomes emboldened.  They realize that law-abiding citizens do not have the ability to defend themselves and become fearless.  The idea presented by this legislator was that if citizens had to turn in their guns, the criminals would lay down as well.    That is beyond ludicrous!   Do you understand the definition of ‘criminal?’

I might ask, “How are gun bans working in places like Chicago?”  The lunacy of that is akin to making a pedophile the caretaker of young children or giving the fox guard duty at the hen house.   It is beyond insane!  We currently have background checks, but due to the failure of various entities and organizations, people have fallen through the cracks.

No system is fool-proof; the sooner we understand that, the better off we are.  Criminals, terrorists, the deranged, and diabolical will get guns or other weapons of destruction regardless of the Laws passed by Congress and signed into Law by the President.  Evil is evil, and legislation will not change the heart.

There are some things legislation might help, if not fix, that have nothing to do with the human heart or the depravity of man.   For example:

• Congress could offer an amendment to the Constitution that would repeal the Personal Income Tax and eliminate the Internal Revenue Service in its present form. 
• They could move toward a Flat or Fair Tax and offer a plan to ensure everyone has skin in the game and eliminate the powerful political weapon the IRS has become.

Those actions would strip Congress and Power-Hungry Legislators of a tool or weapon to coerce compliance with their agenda to survive in the economic world.  Will that happen? When pigs fly, so not in our lifetime unless we completely change the culture of Washington, D.C., while those advancing that culture are in power.  That is a hill that I am not sure we can climb without Divine Intervention.

In Donald Trump’s previous administration, Congress passed Legislation that would secure our border.  However, the infighting and political wrangling leaving our Border Law Enforcement Agencies and Agents hamstrung made our borders as porous as a sieve.  Congress could offer a term-limit amendment.  Term limits would limit professional career politicians’ ability to establish a beachhead in Washington.   It would be a first step in possibly restoring the ideal of Citizen Representation and returning control of government to “We The People.”  

Will they?  It is improbable because that would upset their playhouse and make them subject to the same laws as the rest of us.  Congress could overhaul the Entitlement and Welfare System.  They could take a biblical approach, limiting the persons qualified for assistance and following the Apostle Paul’s counsel.   Paul said, “Any man that WILL NOT WORK should not eat.” 

The keywords are “would not” rather than “could not.”   Those on the Left accuse those of us who advocate limiting Entitlements and Welfare of being heartless and uncaring.    I, like many of our founding fathers, believe, as expressed by Benjamin Franklin:   

“I am for doing good to the poor, but… I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty but leading or driving them out of it.  I observed… that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and, of course became poorer.  And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer.” 

What a concept!   If Franklin could see our Entitlement and Welfare System today, he would condemn it immediately. 

It appears that the Left wants to keep people poor because it opens a door for them to enslave those voters by making them beholding to the Party of Poverty.   It is never wise to bite the hand that feeds you or look a gift horse in the mouth.   It is never a good plan to kill your golden goose.   Our present system of Entitlement and Welfare entraps people into a condition that kills their entrepreneurial spirit and stifles all ingenuity and desire to fight out of their economic condition. 

Today, it seems that many believe it is easier to hate those who have than to labor so you can have.   It is easier to blame another race for your situation than take advantage of any and all open doors, no matter how small or remote they might be.  Some have said, “God helps those who help themselves.” 

That is not a quote from the Bible but was offered by Benjamin Franklin in Poor Richard’s Almanac in 1757.  It likely originated from Algernon Sydney in 1698 in an article titled “Discourses Concerning Government.”  God does help the helpless, as can be discerned in passages such as Isaiah 25.4, Romans 6:23, Isaiah 64:6, Romans 5:8, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Proverbs 28:26, and Jeremiah 17:5.  God expects us to do what we can and has promised never to leave us nor forsake us.  There are some things we cannot do for ourselves and need divine help, so the idea of “doing all we can” and not simply “waiting for a handout” is valid.

America, if we are going to fix what is wrong in this country, morally, legislation is not the answer.    If we are going to address the economy, national security, and national sovereignty, there are legislative actions that will help.   I have contended and contend that the problem of mass shootings, terrorism, and the many other atrocities in our society can only be resolved by a change in the human heart. 

Legislation cannot fix the human heart!   Hate legislation will not dissipate hatred in the heart; only a transformation of the views, ideology, and core beliefs will.  I pray that we, in America, will somehow find a way to realize that skin color or preferences are not a justifiable basis for dividing the nation and causing it to crumble as the Constitutional Republic our Framers and Founders established.

God bless you and God bless America is my prayer and desire!