Gun-free Zones, The Law, & Sin

If there was ever a definitive statement made about Law and the human propensity to sin, it was these verses embedded in the Bible. These verses define the conundrum that the anti-gun movement faces as they try to eradicate human violence by passing laws. It is NOT guns nor laws that control human behavior, for guns are only a tool for good or evil depending on the motivation of the users, while laws are only obeyed by those who choose to do right instead of wrongdoing. While laws convict wrongdoers, they have zero effect on those who choose to live righteously. Read these verses in their entire context in Romans 7 and see what God is talking about.

Those who legislate or dictate carte blanche gun-free and weapon-free zones are responsible for putting innocent people at grievous risk because such zones prohibit law-abiding citizens from being armed and thereby keeping good people from helping to protect the innocent.

Romans 7:10-11
¹⁰  And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
¹¹  For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.



Even better than reading just the few verses and chapter mentioned, it is incumbent on all who would improve or affect the tenor and nature of our society that they must avail themselves of what God says about human nature by reading the whole Book of Romans in the Bible. Without understanding what God says therein rulers and policy setters have no clue as to what God says about human nature or what the duties of rulers and policy setters are before God Almighty.