Armed Citizens Are Seldom Helpless: A Flynn de Graham Snippet Of Philosophical Thought

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Armed Citizens Are Seldom Helpless: 

A Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham 

Snippet Of Philosophical Thought

Written By Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham

Copyright © 2010 Marvin Thomas Cox

DBA: Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham

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“Armed citizens are seldom helpless citizens … 'For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction,¹' … And, so it is true that 'He who lives by the sword, shall die by the sword²,' as shall also any man who meets another man wielding a sword and stands there a fool empty handed³. A sword (or a gun) is a defensive weapon until evil men (governments or individuals) turn it into an offensive weapon of war and murder. The fault is not to be found in the sword (or in the gun), but in the men who choose to wield them against others, all too often in the name of God, Freedom, and Country, and, at times, in the name of chaos for the sake of ignorance fed-n-bred insanity … Therefore, as one who does not advocate Organized Religion, I separate religious connotations from the logic of common sense in gleaning the wisdom of an ancient anonymous prayer:

'From the cowardice that shrinks from new truth,

From the laziness that is content with half-truths,

From the arrogance that thinks it knows all truth,

0 God of Truth, deliver us⁴.'”

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• -- Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham

(Written April 14^th, 2010 -- Expanded &Revised June 19^th, 2019)

Author's Note

EVIDENTIAL FOOTNOTES:

1 Newton's Third Law — Formally stated, Newton's third law is: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. The statement means that in every interaction, there is a pair of forces acting on the two interacting objects. The size of the forces on the first object equals the size of the force on the second object. https://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/newtlaws/Lesson-4/Newton-s-Third-Law

2Mat 26:52 KJV —Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.

3 Anonymous Quote —“A stark reality that often leads to genocidal fatalities: Gun confiscation always follows upon the heels of gun registration ...”

4 Ancient Prayer — quoted from the dedication page of Ernest L. Martin's book, The Temples That Jerusalem Forgot, available at Amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0945657951/ref=x_gr_w_bb_sout?ie=UTF8&tag=x_gr_w_bb_sout-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0945657951&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2