Dr. Carson Shamelessly Co-opts Biblical Account Of Esther To Shore Up Gun Control Argument….

"When it came to 'assault weapons,' Carson said that conservatives who refused to engage in conversations about gun control had an 'infantile attitude.'

The former neurosurgeon pointed to the Bible story of Ester, which he said meant that conservatives needed to know when to compromise for the good of the 'bigger picture',” dr. ben carson on gun rights 

Dr. Carson's misappropriation of the Biblical account of Esther to shore up an argument for gun control is beyond the pale.

The account of Esther has nothing to do with "conservatives need[ing] to know when to compromise for the good of the 'bigger picture',” it has everything to do with the survival of a people and the complete and utter destruction of their enemies using any and all means necessary.  The account of Esther ends with the death of the man who was the architect of a plan to destroy the Jews of the Persian Empire, and the unfettered license for the Jews of the empire to do anything and use any means at their disposal to defend themselves from their attackers:  

"… the king allowed the Jews who were in every city to gather and defend their lives, to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate any armed force of any people or province that might attack them…," Esther 8:11  

No where does the account of Esther indicate that the queen limited the Jews in the kinds of weapons they could use to guarantee their survival because of where they lived, nor did she call on them to find a way to see the "bigger picture" and compromise with their enemies; she didn't characterize the concern for their survival as "infantile."

Dr. Carson's attempt to co-opt the Biblical account of Esther in this manner is shameless and shameful.