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.

Dr. Ben Carson For President...

I received an email today from runbenrun.org, an organization set up with the purpose of drafting Dr. Ben Carson to run for the presidency in 2016.  This is an email I sent to the organization explaining why, at this moment, I cannot support a Carson candidacy:

John,

In many ways, I am in favor of Dr. Carson running for president.  In fact, I STRONGLY supported the idea of drafting him to run for president.

Then I heard him give his stance on the Second Amendment; it is unsupportable.

This is a transcript from the Glenn Beck Show less than a month ago:

Dr. Carson: "Uh, guns, there's a reason for the Second Amendment. People DO have the right to have weapons. With this argument that's been going on, the way we solve it is we ask what is each side afraid of, and then we address it that way."

Glenn Beck: "Do I have a right to own a semi-automatic weapon?"

Dr. Carson: "It depends on where you live. I think if you live in the midst of a lot of people, and I’m afraid that that semi-automatic weapon is going to fall into the hands of a crazy person, I would rather you not have it." (emphasis added)

Dr. Benjamin Carson On Gun Control: "It Depends On Where You Live" | RealClearPolitics

Sorry, but I have to agree with Dana Loesch on this one. If Dr. Carson decides to run for President, his stance on the Second Amendment is a deal breaker. My right to own and carry firearms is a Constitutional right that is not up for compromise because someone is afraid of my exercise of that right, and frankly, Dr. Carson does not have the right to decide WHERE I may own a semi-automatic firearm, either.

Our Second Amendment rights are non-negotiable.  We already have too many politicians in Washington who are out to dismantle those rights, and Dr. Carson's willingness to consider possible limitations on those rights based on A) the fears of those who have been brainwashed to think that firearms are evil and B) where HE perceives it proper for someone to own a particular class of firearm based on his own fear regarding the potential of someone stealing it from me is something to which he will need to give SERIOUS reconsideration.

As long as he holds this stance, there are too many who will not even consider voting for him.

I'm one of them.

Sincerely,