{"id":542,"date":"2016-05-11T12:12:57","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T18:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/markmeckler\/?p=542"},"modified":"2016-05-11T12:12:57","modified_gmt":"2016-05-11T18:12:57","slug":"ohio-sheriff-figured-out-best-way-to-to-protect-communities-from-mass-killings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markmeckler\/2016\/05\/ohio-sheriff-figured-out-best-way-to-to-protect-communities-from-mass-killings\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio sheriff figured out best way to to protect communities from mass killings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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People often ask me what \u201cself-governance\u201d means. Well, a couple of weeks ago in rural Ohio, Pike County Sheriff Charles Reader exemplified what self-governance is all about in its most basic form.<\/p>\n

The Chillicothe Gazette has the details:<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cIf you are fearful, arm yourself.\u00a0If you feel you need to protect yourself or your family, do so.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pike County Sheriff Charles Reader\u2019s\u00a0Sunday comments to his county\u2019s residents may have caused a collective raising of an eyebrow from\u00a0the audience\u00a0following last Friday\u2019s\u00a0mass killing from afar. Locally, however, it wasn\u2019t\u00a0considered a gaffe\u00a0or even the first time a high-ranking Pike County official said or did something curious regarding firearms.<\/p>\n

The Appalachian hills of Pike County and neighboring Adams, Scioto and Ross counties are home to many hunters and gun enthusiasts. The rural surroundings and dense forests make for a suitable, and arguably safer, setting for firearm buffs.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think a lot of people have experience with guns here because they hunt from an early age,\u201d said Michael\u00a0Crabtree, a commissioner of neighboring Scioto County. \u201cMany people I grew up with were introduced to guns at a young age. They would hunt groundhog, squirrel or venison and at the end of the day, the stuff you\u2019d hunt would be on the dinner table.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is the epitome of citizens self-governing their communities. Think about this reaction in contrast with the left\u2019s usual reaction to mass murder. The left calls for people to give up their weapons and their personal security in the face of absolute evil threatening the lives of their loved ones. What do they think? That evil will become less evil if people are less protected? That the government that already couldn\u2019t stop that tragedy would be able to stop the next one?<\/p>\n

Sheriff Reader understands what our Founding Fathers understood \u2013 people and communities are strongest when they govern themselves. This is best for our safety. This is best for the health of families and communities in need.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s common sense, which sadly these days, isn\u2019t always so common.<\/p>\n

Communities are safe if, instead of fearing weapons, children are trained from a young age how to revere them and use them wisely and safely. Then, instead of being scared, they\u2019re responsible.<\/p>\n

Then, as those children grow to become members of their community, they can use those weapons to not only feed themselves and protect their families, but also protect other innocent would-be victims from evildoers.<\/p>\n

If only our liberal elite wanna-be overlords would learn a thing or two from rural Ohio and Sheriff Reader, we\u2019d all be better off.<\/p>\n

(PHOTO: ChilicotheGazette<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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