LINK: HAGAN CHASTISED (BY PLAIN DEALER EDITORIAL BOARD) FOR ERRONEOUS TWEET THOUGHT TO BE ABOUT HER REPUBLICAN PRIMARY OPPONENT ANTHONY GONZALEZ
To many of us, violence (which all to often comes with those fixated on guns and gun rights) and Christians principles of conduct seem to be contradictory ways that human beings should relate to one another.
But some including state Representative Christina Hagan seem to think there is no contradiction at all.
Going back to 1966 and mass killings of 10 or more, 443 Americans have been slaughtered by those who found it way too easy to get guns.
In light of yet another mass killing by one (Nikolas Cruz/Parkland, FL) who needed to be impeded (by virtue of his publicly known troubled behavior) in his ability to obtain an assault rifle.
The Florida Legislature like Ohio's (Christina Hagan is presently a Republican member of the Ohio House [50th District which is wholly within Stark County] has done nothing to filter out those like Cruz.
After 17 have been killed and others injured this is Hagan's reaction on Facebook:
The Stark County Political Report for one holds those politicians accountable who stand in the way of meaningful and effective controls, which is to say "responsible gun ownership" for being part of the problem of the likes of Cruz surfacing.
The SCPR thinks that Christina Hagan a politicians who is "bananas for guns" indiscriminately available and does nothing to legislate "responsible gun ownership."
She ought to take to heart this comment on her Facebook page.
And go to this LINK and read the following graphed article:
Perhaps, even her opponent in the May 8, 2018 primary election Anthony Gonzalez will be remiss if he becomes the Republican 16th District candidate.
Republicans considering whom to vote for in May, should seek to ascertain which, if either, would support common sense/reasonable laws curbing the likes of Cruz.
Gonzalez does not make his personal religious faith part of his campaign persona.
While Hagan undoubtedly would tout herself as being against violence in the context of the mass killings that America has experienced in our history; by her inaction in curbing the likes of Cruz from getting their hands on guns enables and empowers personal violence over the peacemaking that the Bible espouses.
Here is an excerpt from her campaign website (LINK to her full statement):
Christina boldly walks in her faith knowing that she has been saved from her sins, experiencing a new type of humility and also an explosion of confidence because her ability and direction are no longer capped at what she can’t do but are made perfect in what God can do. Christina believes when we fix our hearts and attention on Jesus, the founder, the author of our faith, things begin to change.
Here is a recitation of one of the cornerstone Beatitudes of Jesus' teachings:
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they will be called children of God. (5:9)
"Things began to change?" (Hagan as a manifestation of being "born again")
How about curbing personal violence one human being to another by restricting who gets guns in the light of their mental health and propensity to embrace death and destruction?
Here is some interesting polling data on how Americans view the ownership of guns issue.
Will the Parkland FL massive killings change 16 District congressional candidates' willingness to move away from pretty much "anything goes" in unrestricted gun ownership towards "responsible gun ownership?"
A key to figuring that out is to look at politicians like Hagan and Gonzalez and specific statements their willingness/unwillingness to act legislatively to implement "responsible gun ownership" provisions in the 2019-2012 session of Congress as we edge forward to the 2018 Ohio May 2018 primary election.
Each should take to heart the position of Republican governor John Kasich:
“I think Congress is totally dysfunctional. I’ve never seen anything like this,” Kasich told CNN's Dana Bash on "State of the Union," also citing failures on immigration and cutting the federal deficit. “They just can’t seem to get anything done.”
Kasich bemoaned Republican lawmakers’ unwillingness to consider beefing up gun regulations, stressing that there are “reasonable” steps that could be taken to prevent further shootings.
“Common-sense gun laws make sense,” Kasich said.
And this from a Kasich aide:
In Hagan's case, is she willing to move from being a violence enabler to empowering "[b]lessed be the peacemakers" as an indication she takes her faith seriously as having a practical facit to it?
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