The disarming of America is just what ISIS wants.

The disarming of America is just what ISIS wants.

Time and again - and certainly now that Trump has "trumped" everyone - we hear how any anti-Muslim sentiment that results from generalizing radical Islamic terrorism to all Muslims is just another way to support and strengthen ISIS.  I would not dispute that; in fact, as I have noted elsewhere, it is the goal of terrorism to sow the seeds of hatred and paranoia in the target population, to convince them to relinquish their values in a futile search for security.

But I fail to see how people can see this happening in relation to American Muslims and Muslim immigrants, yet cannot see how they are doing this to their own people as well.  It is also playing into to ISIS hands to hate our fellow citizens and to work to disarm them so as to make terrorists' jobs easier.

I have to ask the same questions I always ask:  Do people really think that if we outlaw certain firearms or make them exceedingly difficult for law-abiding citizens to obtain that terrorism (and crime) will simply cease?  Do they really think that they can legislate firearms and hate out of existence?

The interesting thing is to see two different groups on two different sides, drawing opposite conclusions from the same data.

Yes, guns are a major tool in violence - it is not gun violence, it is violence using guns.  No one would claim otherwise.  But one group thinks that somehow violence would disappear if only firearms were banned - if they could effectively remove all firearms from the society. They honestly believe that they can do this (the relevance of the drug war and other such crimes is seemingly lost on them).  They seem to think gun owners who have thus far been law-abiding will cue up to turn in those weapons because they or their leaders say so.  These people often seem to relish the idea of the clash that will occur should they convince their government to try to do this.  They say "If we want to do so, how will you, with your "assault rifles" and handguns, stand against the US military?"  Well, lots of insurgents have done so lately.  These people assume that the military will do this, that millions will comply, and in turn they seem anxious to see bloodshed among their fellow Americans.  They seem absolutely bloodthirsty in this regard, willing to see tanks on their streets and military raids on their neighbors' homes in search of firearms. They do not seem to realize or care that it will take guns in order to take guns. So they are not anti-gun, they just want guns on he hands of government.

Face this with open eyes - a clash will occur, because the other side sees the same data and is certain that laws only work to keep lawful people lawful; they have no effect on those who would commit murder, whatever their goals in doing so.  These people believe that the right to defend one's self and family and any others who benefit from the effort is paramount and they know they cannot transfer that responsibility to a government.  They do not intend to be left helpless simply because some engage in fairy tale; they will fight for their right to live on their own terms.  They will not, especially in these times, willingly give up their means to protect themselves. This is where the phrase "From my cold dead hands" comes from and if those who would assault or disarm them choose this course, then they are willing to oblige with resistance.  They simply want to be left alone to exercise the right that the Constitution recognizes as long as they personally have done nothing to forfeit it.  This is not complicated.

Thus it is clear that those who would, in these times, suggest disarming the citizenry are also playing right into ISIS' hands.  ISIS not only wants to sow hate between Muslims and other religions in America and around the world - they want to sow hate between Americans and one can only imagine the smile on their face when they see the President or a candidate for president, denigrate a large percentage of our citizens and express the desire to create scores of defenseless victims.  But these people are not only insisting on creating large numbers of prey who will be incapable of resisting attacks like those in Paris and San Bernardino - they also seem intent on creating a civil war. What more could terrorists ask for than progressives to create easy victims while inciting a shooting war in their own country?

Hard times ahead.