Thursday, July 26, 2012
 
New York Mayor says police should strike until citizens disarm

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg told CNN's Piers Morgan on July 23rd that police officers should go on strike until American citizens agree to legislation to disarm. He said in response to a very serious question from Morgan about gun control, "I don't understand why the police officers across this country don't stand up collectively and say, 'We're gonna go on strike. We're not going to protect you unless you, the public, through your legislature, do what's required to keep us safe. After all, police officers want to go home to their families and we're doing everything we can to make their jobs more difficult." By July 24th, Bloomberg said he didn't literally mean police should strike...Is this the mindset of our politicians?

Bloomberg's statement is very disturbing and seems to represent a mindset among the ruling elite in this country--elite that somehow get reelected repeatedly despite having no regard for public stewardship or safety. Bloomberg emphatically stated  that police should strike until the "public" does "what is required to keep us safe." In the context of the interview he meant police should refuse to enforce the law until the pubic disarms. Bloomberg was suggesting the police hold hostage Americans and the supreme law of the land--the Constitution--by not enforcing law until the public disarms. This is the very type of wrong minded thinking that causes great countries to decline into oblivion.

It is the police officer's duty to uphold the law. Most police will not interfere with citizens until a law is broken. That means they only protect the public after the fact, or as a matter of deterrence. Criminals do not abide by the law. Criminals do not care about gun control. Even in nations where the citizens are totally disarmed, criminals have guns. Law abiding citizens who carry guns are trained to never use them unless there is deadly force threatening them or another innocent. It is not the law abiding citizen who is the problem where guns are involved. Its the criminal. Responsible people live peacefully. Criminals don't. A criminal may well be deterred if he has reason to believe his potential victim is armed.

There are so many disturbing issues with the Bloomberg statement. The mayor of the nation's largest city is suggesting the police break their oath and the law; ignoring the Constitutional right to bear arms; and is supporting only the laws that he personally believes should be enforced. This is a dangerous trend for all Americans. The Constitutional Republic is based on the rule of law. As the Lord commanded Moses in Exodus 12:49, "One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojouneth among you." Yeshua said in Matthew 24:12, "And because lawlessness shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold." The "law" here is YHVH's law, which is the law from which our nation's laws are derived. When those we elect refuse to uphold the law, our nation will fall. We the people need to hold them accountable.

Have a Blessed and Powerful Day!
Bill Wilson