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Let’s not sugarcoat it:
We live in an increasingly unpredictable—and oftentimes scary—world.
An amazing world, yes, but with incidents like the recent beheading at
Vaughan Foods in Moore, Oklahoma, it’d be foolish not to acknowledge
that the landscape—and the threats we face—are changing.
We’ve seen violence in our movie theaters. In our schools. In our churches. In places we’re supposed to feel safe. The truth is, violence can happen anywhere...but lately, it seems like it’s happening everywhere.
But the really scary thing is that the violence we’ve prepared ourselves
against—the thug on the street, the drug-crazed home invader—is just
the tip of the iceberg.
Singular acts of violence are still prevalent, and we must remain
vigilant, but I’m concerned with something even more dangerous: the
domestic terrorism that has somehow crept right underneath our noses.
And yet the mainstream media refuses to acknowledge that terrorism exists here, in this
country. You’ve likely heard them refer to the beheading of Colleen
Hufford as “workplace” violence, “despite strong evidence that shows a
progressive conversion to radical Islam through aggressive posts on
[suspect Alton] Nolen’s Facebook page.” [Breitbart]
Nolen, who identified himself as “Jah'Keem Yisrael” on several social
networks, exhibited a disturbing pattern of behavior in the months
preceding the attack, including posting a gruesome photo of a beheading
as an example of a precedent bestowed by his prophet.
This is especially concerning when we consider that “just last week, an
ISIS leader, Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, released a 41-minute recorded
speech directed toward ‘lone wolf’ operations encouraging terrorists
like Nolen.” [CNN]
And yet, according to Breitbart, “the mainstream media continues to
assert that the suspect's behavior was not an act of terror, which is
eerily reminiscent of their stance on the 2009 Fort Hood shooting.”
I’m on the same page as CNN columnist Mel Robbins, who writes that
”there's nothing but evidence that Nolen was copying the ISIS beheadings
in Syria. So let's drop the political correctness for once and call the
Oklahoma beheading what it is—terrorism.”
Now, let me make something clear:
This is NOT a commentary on religion. This is a commentary on evil.
It’s a commentary on how the responsible citizens of this great nation
can fight back as our government—too concerned with political
correctness—refuses to acknowledge the fight in the first place.
According to former CIA Director James Woolsey, “As long as we pretend
that [these incidents] are just random acts of violence...we will not be
effective in dealing with them.”
So with domestic terrorism a growing threat, what can we do?
Well, at Vaughan Foods in Oklahoma, a savvy armed employee named Mark
Vaughan (the company’s Chief Operating Officer) saved countless lives
when he intervened with a gun, shooting the terrorist Nolen and ending
the attack.
Although the media has paid very little attention to “the good guy with a
gun,” responsibly armed Americans like you and me know better.
With the kind of threats we’re up against, we simply can’t afford to go unarmed—or be disarmed.
Take Care and Stay Safe,
Tim Schmidt
Publisher - Concealed Carry Report
USCCA Founder
P.S. - The NRA suggests that the Second Amendment may be “our
secret weapon in the ongoing war against terrorism.” I thought one
commenter on their page responded perfectly to the beheading in
Oklahoma: “It would be unfortunate if this is what it takes to turn the
tide, but after these recent events, I can't see how any sane person
could continue to support ‘gun free’ zones, or further restrictions on
the right for law-abiding citizens to carry.”
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