Warning... I am on my Soap box today. . . Political. . .

Ok,  I do not normally get political here but, I am going to weigh in on the whole gun control thing.  Guns are inanimate objects and the only thing that can control them is a human being.  We need criminal control!   We need to do away with the death penalty and put the money used to prosecute death penalty cases toward hiring and training more police officers, more police officers on the beat will cut down on crime.    According to Fox News, Duke University did a study and found that North Carolina could save $11 million a year if they substituted life in prison for the pursuit of the death penalty.   That $11 million would go a long way, if used appropriately, to help control crime.  Criminals are not afraid of going to jail because they know they will not be there long.  This is a sad state that our whole country is in right now.   

As for gun control, I am not against the "criminal" background checks that are required those are necessary but I do not believe our government should be snooping into medical records.   Let us be realistic and think how criminals and terrorists, for that matter, get their guns.   Do they go to the store and buy them like an average person would?  Nope.  They steal them or have someone else buy them. The whole concept of being a criminal is that they do not follow the rules.  If taking guns away from law abiding citizens would cut down on crime I would be all for it but, the truth of the matter is that when you take guns away from the average citizen you make them a target.  My husband always says "locked doors keep an honest man honest."   Laws are only as good as the people that follow them.   It strikes me very funny that these politicians are all about disarming the public yet they remain surrounded by armed guards.   I am quite suspicious of anyone that stands behind an armed guard or gate and demands that I surrender my weapons.  Is my family any less worthy than theirs?  

Do your research folks.  You do not have to believe me I encourage you to read and figure it out for yourself.  

Election is over. . .

I am so glad this election is over.  I really hate all of the mud slinging on both sides.  I voted and did my duty and I am sad my guy did not win.  I do know however, that God has a plan.  We are not privy to that plan yet but when he is ready we  will know.  I have faith that God is in control and that he will guide and protect my family and others that have that same faith.  Last night before bed I prayed and gave it all over to Him once again.   It is hard to see our great country in such turmoil and to have to read it all over Facebook.  I do know that God will bring us to our knees to remind us that we still need him and maybe this is the case this year.  We have forgotten, as a country, that there is only one in charge and he is in Heaven waiting for us to wake up.
I have seen a lot of posts on Facebook about freedom of speech and freedom of expression ect. . .   Yet these same people want to crucify the President of one fast food chain for his freedom of expression.   Why is it ok for them to express their feelings and beliefs and yet it is not ok for him?   One side has become overly tolerant and the other side has become intolerant.  Where do we go from here?
I will be spending a great deal of time on my knees in prayer.  I am not only praying for my family but everyone including the President.  I hope that he will take the next four years and actually do something to bring our country back to the Great Nation it once was.