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Washington Navy Yard Shooting Survivor: "First You Eliminate God, Then You Eliminate Weapons, T
Freedom Outpost ^
| October 24, 2018
| Tim Brown
Posted on 10/25/2018 8:39:38 AM PDT by Cheerio
FULL TITLE: Washington Navy Yard Shooting Survivor: "First You Eliminate God, Then You Eliminate Weapons, Then You Own Society"
Jennifer Bennett warns of the tyranny that awaits those willing to surrender their God-given rights to achieve some sort of "feeling" of security.
In the words of a Washington Navy Yard Survivor that the mainstream media, including Fox News, will never present, Jennifer Bennett warns of the tyranny that awaits those willing to surrender their God-given rights to achieve some sort of "feeling" of security. Bennett said, "First you eliminate God, then you eliminate weapons, then you own society. And thats where were going."
In an exclusive interview with Gun Powder Magazine, Bennett recalls her experience in the shooting and then presents her own thoughts regarding the God-given right to keep and bear arms.
The interview, conducted by Teresa Mull, presents a keen insight into a person that has been terrorized with guns, but keeps her emotions in check by referring to the law.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: 2a; banglist; navy
Jennifer Bennet was the only Navy employee to be shot and survive in a shooting that left 12 dead and 3 others injured.
Bennett was asked what her views of guns were before the shooting and after.
"I have always been pro-Second Amendment and a supporter of the Constitution," she told Gun Power Magazine. "The shooting didnt do anything to change my mind. What it gave me was a clearer focus of whats the real issue when it comes to mass shootings? What are we looking at as a society and a culture when a mass shooting occurs? A cause of mass shootings really falls into one of two categories: mental illness or terrorism. Theres not much in between that. The only mass shooting they havent classified as either mental illness or terrorism was the Las Vegas shooting, but a good percentage of the time, its discovered that the shooter had a history of known mental illness."
Since Bennett actually survived a mass shooting, meaning she was actually shot and saw her attacker, she was asked what the difference was between her and the March For Our Lives children. She didn't hesitate to point out that people deviate from the law when they react emotionally.
"I dont think they understand the full topic," said Bennet. "I think some of them have unwittingly allowed themselves to be used by the politicos to help divide the nation regarding weapons. Im not sure they understand the whole question and what comes with it."
Bennett then goes on to explain how these kids from the Parkland shooting become "useful idiots."
"The politicians are using emotions to drive a conversation away from the real issue. And the real issue is, how did that person come to the place, within that community, to do that kind of shooting? Did they know this person was broken, and did they do anything about it?"
"Were not really addressing the cause," she added. "The politicians are using emotions and students as voice pieces, and Im not sure those students really understand theyre being used."
Bennett added. "Thats what emotions do. They remove the ability of people to think logically and rationally and look at the whole depth of the conversation, not that moment. Thats what were seeing in our country."
Yes, exactly! We're seeing emotions overriding logic, and sadly, that's happening to those self-professed "conservatives" and "constitutionalists."
When asked how she was able to view the law and God-given rights over her emotional reaction to the shooting, Bennett replied:
"I dont put my feet on the floor until I have spent my time with God. And that morning He gave me a hymn. I was humming that hymn. He knew that time was coming for me. And thats part of His plan for me and as a person of faith. I was totally trusting Him, because I belong to Him, and thats His journey for me, and I accept that. So that morning, I was at peace.
When I was in the stairwell looking at the shooter, I was at peace. I knew the presence of God. Hes made me that way. Im strong. He gave me what I needed to be able to look at the shooter and see, not evil, but see the face of someone who was broken. And I call it God giving me the opportunity to see Aaron Alexis with His eyes, not mine.
What I saw in that mans face was a broken hopelessness that said, I dont value myself, and I dont value anybody else. And I am in torment. I am really broken, and for a few moments, he and I just looked at each other. And he was not angry. I saw somebody different, and God allowed me that. And thats part of my message and purpose going forward. To change the dialogue from Its the weapon, to Its the person. I shrugged my shoulders and looked at him, and he had to make a choice. We all make choices. It was like, OK, you have to make a decision. And then Alexis allowed evil to have him. And I watched his face change. And he made a decision and he shot me. My heart broke for him.
I was at a place where God wanted me to be. Ive never said, Why me? And I always say, Why not me? Ive never cried over that day. Ive cried over pain. But, I knew God had a purpose for me. So this is what it looks like when you know God has a plan for you. We may not always know what it is, but we have to ask, How do I serve you as I walk through this difficult time?
What makes me angry is the misuse and abuse of those who want to be in power to divide us as a nation. That is offensive to me."
Do you hear that self-proclaimed atheists, who are merely deceiving yourselves? Do you hear that Islamists? Do you hear that Communists? Do you hear that Socialists? Do you hear that anti-Americans and anti-Christians?
Mull then went on to ask Bennett if she thought the violence in our country is due to a collective loss of faith.
"Despite the fact they wont teach it in history
our country is based on the Judeo-Christian faith. Our Founders may not have all been practicing Christians, but the fundamental faith that comes from God and Christ is the founding of our country. And pre-1960s, you can go back and look, the local school boards allowed Bibles in the schools; it was part of who we were as a culture, how we behaved, and where our principles came from. Whether you were a Christian or not, you understood the basic fundamentals of how you behave were based on the laws of the Ten Commandments. And in the 1960s, we watched Madeline Mary OHare, through the Supreme Court, which was a liberal court, take God out of school. And you can watch the decline of our society and our culture from that moment on.
When you tell children theyre just a blob of tissue, theyre created from nothing, therefore they have no purpose, and when you kill a child whos still in the womb, you now say, You are valueless. So we have to ask ourselves, What are we really teaching our children in school? Because now those who have a worldview that is secular, or atheistic
theyre teaching our children there is no value in them and no value in somebody else.
And as we watch society slide, were sliding away from value. A person has no value, and so, if you can kill a baby, whats the difference in the law when a person kills a woman whos pregnant, and they get charged with two deaths? But yet, someone can make a choice and kill a baby [through abortion], and thats fine? Theres no logic. Society is sliding away from faith, because we stopped making faith part of who we are as a people from pre-school all the way up. And were imploding. And the question for the faithful is, where are you? Why are you letting them do that? Why are you silent? The faithful are guilty. The question for us is, When will we say enough?
Every person God has made the same. We want people to see us, and we want to be known to someone and say, Im important. I have value, and Im bringing value to the people around me. A mentally ill person loses the ability to say that and if we as a people dont value them enough to say, Let me get involved, let me help you, then were accountable. Were accountable to those people struggling. And where do those people in our society go? Aaron Alexis went to the VA four times, and they just handed him pills. He is evidence, as is the Florida shooter, all the way back to Columbine. Just pick em. This is mental illness walking."
Bennet said that since "liberals" don't actually believe in the Creator, the God of the Bible, they take away from the sinful nature of man and apply the crime to an inanimate object.
"Take away the weapons," she said of the anti-American's playbook. "You first take their weapons and their ability to protect themselves from their own leaders, and thats what our Founding Fathers warned. That was the whole point of the Second Amendment. You have to be able to protect yourself from those who are ruling over you should they become so powerful."
"First, you eliminate God, then you eliminate weapons, then you own society," Bennett added. "And thats where were going. So we have to stop this emotional conversation, and we need to say, Whats really the problem? Its not the weapon. Its the use of the weapon."
Exactly right. Bennett is a true, American patriot who understands what the right to keep and bear arms is all about, and it is rooted in the foundation of Scripture.
I applaud Ms. Bennett and thank Ms. Mull for the incredible interview from someone who didn't hide in a closet with a camera like that very "brave" propagandist David Hogg, but rather looked into the eyes of her would-be murderer and related everything to the glory of God.
Article posted with permission from Guns In The News
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posted on
10/25/2018 8:39:38 AM PDT
by
Cheerio
To: Cheerio
Smart woman! When the right to bear arms is eliminated, the plea of self defense no longer is legitimate and, in fact, becomes damning.
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posted on
10/25/2018 8:50:09 AM PDT
by
immadashell
(Save Innocent Lives - ban gun free zones)
To: Cheerio
Thats a powerful interview
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posted on
10/25/2018 8:55:20 AM PDT
by
reed13k
To: Cheerio
Great interview. God Bless her.
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posted on
10/25/2018 9:08:10 AM PDT
by
gattaca
("Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives." Ronald Reagan)
To: Cheerio
We’ll be seeing this on NBC-CBS-ABC-CNN-MSNBC any moment now.
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posted on
10/25/2018 10:03:07 AM PDT
by
Sergio
(An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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