Even a Small Voice can Make a Difference

Yesterday, I spoke on behalf of gun violence victims at the House of Representatives in Denver, Colorado.

I’m not one to get mixed up in criminal activities, though the bill they were trying to pass seemed to favor criminals a strange way.

Apparently, you can choose to murder people randomly and it’s fine if no one was killed.

Miracles and/or luck make gun violence okay. That’s vile.

The Democrats were trying to lower penalties on gun violence and offer probation for endangering or killing people.

The justifications I heard about murder or attempted murder being okay as long as no one was hurt were insane, to say the least about how the night went.

I was blessed enough to speak with our governing officials. I’m grateful for the opportunity.

What I am against, however, is the notion the penalties should be rescinded and lowered to a lower class of crime.

As any victim or combat veteran will tell you, being shot at is the opposite of a fun time. And it only takes one bullet to destroy a life, literally and metaphorically.

This isn’t a partisan issue. It’s a life and death issue.

I try not to get political on here if I can help it, yet sometimes these things need to be said.

It reminds me of a Bible verse:

“When the righteous increase, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan” (Proverbs 29:2 [ESV]).

I’m not saying that the other side is all evil, but a bill like this is the opposite of righteous.

Sin and law-breaking (the definition of sin in the Bible, at least with respect to the Torah) need to be dealt with righteously.

I’ve spoken about tolerance here before, but I don’t mean tolerating wicked schemes and depraved moral choices. Jesus loved the sinner, yet wanted them to repent. The doctor comes for the sick, not the well. He did not want people to stay in their sins.

Criminal reform comes from rehabilitation through suffering a punishment.

We don’t let rapists go free, so why should someone who tried to kill you get a slap on the wrist? Why? It makes little sense.

There are many criminals who have turned their lives around and cleaned up well.

But it took a wake-up call to make that happen, and sometimes that involves time spent in prison.

The man who did this is facing multiple tens of charges and a long time in prison. This bill would make them eligible for probation instead of prison time.

As a man who wishes for justice, this cannot stand.

For the first time in a long time, the bill was laid over so other victims can speak out and the representatives can hear more testimonies. That’s an awesome start.

In the present time, I don’t believe in living as a victim of anything. Every day is a new day, a fresh start that doesn’t have the baggage of the past behind it.

I don’t believe in perpetual victimhood or victim mentality.

Prisons of your own making are only able to free you when you open the door with the key you hold.

It may be a small part in a greater whole, but I hope, God willing, the bill gets destroyed and the scales of justice stay balanced.

All this to say, even a small voice can make a difference in the heart of kings.

Don’t be afraid of your voice being too small.