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A Common-Sense Discussion About Guns and Gun Control

The Line of Fire / Dr. Michael Brown
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February 20, 2018 5:20 pm

A Common-Sense Discussion About Guns and Gun Control

The Line of Fire / Dr. Michael Brown

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Control can we have a civil commonsense heart to heart talk about it today. It's time for the line of fire with your host activist and author, international speaker and theologian Dr. Michael Brown your voice of moral cultural and spiritual revolution Michael Brown is the director of the coalition of conscience and president of fire school of ministry get into the line of fire now by going 866-34-TRUTH 866-34-TRUTH your Jim is Dr. Michael Brown. I want you to imagine this with President of the United States senior leaders, both Republican and Democrat. They are calling you in to sit down with a panel of experts and discuss the issue of guns, gun violence, gun control in America. They are looking to implement policies. Whatever those policies might be with the goal of saving more lives without infringing on our liberties at the same time.

What would be your solution. What would be your your answer are not talking about getting all emotional when I talked about arguing a political point.

Talk about a bipartisan gathering of experts sponsored equally by Republicans and Democrats and they say what your input. That's what were looking for.

Today this is Michael Brown.

This is the line of fire. You know that I talk about things on this broadcast that burden the that concern me that interest me. I talk about things that I feel the Lord lays on my heart I talk about things that I sense or of pressing interest and concern to us in America as a body or internationally.

I talk about things which have expertise, you hear very little talk about finances on the show about the economy on the show because it's not an area of concern or expertise for me. As important as that area is the same with guns and gun control and gun violence. It's an important subject for many, it's a subject having to do with fundamental liberties for many, it's a subject having to do with life and death, but it is not been a major focus for me, nor is it an area where I've had a very strong articulated viewpoint, so I am honestly open this up for conversation, please hear me number calls 866-34-TRUTH 8663 for eight 784 I'm going to be checking in on our YouTube comments as well. Johan do I read the chat he will try to check in between me and my staff several times during the broadcast on the chat if it's relevant to what's going on the show.

So if you post a comment relative to guns and gun control in the YouTube chat. We will try to interact with some of those comments as well.

But please, please hear me all right. I do not have a secret agenda dispel that from your mind while he's really on the left. Well, he's really on the right. I do not have a secret agenda. My agenda is open and over. It is not covert it is not secret.

My agenda is. Let us have a commonsense conversation with the goal of advancing wisdom for the preservation of life without restricting our fundamental liberties.

Whatever those fundamental liberties are not even laying that out as a premise, but can we agree on a few things right. I just want to put this out. Can we agree a few things we several background I'm there been a gun person born in New York City might my dad senior lawyer in the New York Supreme Court all right liberal Jew, we were not a gun family. I was, not a hunter to this day as much as I have friends who are hunters and and once one of our sons in law is a hunter. I could not think of a worse way to spend my time than sitting in a tree perch waiting for hours to shoot a deer. For some it's the highlight of the year.

All right, so I was in my own experience I am not a gun owner I have no interest in guns. I have friends of mine on my own team that have conceal carry permits when I speak in large churches.

Sometimes the want me to know about the security that they have in place and discuss a former Army Ranger this once a former Navy seal and they oversee the church security in some mega church in respect that and appreciated at the same time. I understand that every time there is another tragic shooting in America more funerals, more agony, more pain, more lives torn up more lives lost that there is a standard liberal reaction that goes extreme one-way in the standard conservative reaction that goes extreme.

Another way I I sharing neither of those reactions okay so what what is practical as I can and is down-to-earth as I can and is commonsense as I can and I want to hear from you as well. Let me put out a few fundamental statements we have over 300 million guns in America believe you got roughly a gun per person if not a little higher than that no one can take away guns from Americans is as I can happen right were not going to have a situation here in America were suddenly the government confiscates everybody's guns is as I can happen some years back in Australia where there is concern about gun violence.

The government offer to buy back guns from civilians and the they financed it with a one time tax and got X number of millions of guns are thousands guns, liberals turned in and they've had a decrease in gun violence since then. I will see that happening in America. I'm just being candid, nor do I think realistically, anybody is proposing taking guns with but but II asked this question on twitter I posted this question as an ongoing person myself, I'm interested to hear from all of you gun owners how you feel about this. Would you be willing to potentially wait a few more days to purchase a gun of more comprehensive background checks were required in order to keep guns out of the wrong people's hands. 80% said of course, 10%, but understand. 10% said no way.

10% said not sure that I look II cannot being candid with you.

I cannot relate to the no way answer you say well it's been proven these things don't work note. My question is if more conference of background checks were recorded in order to keep guns out of the hands of of wrong people. If there was a way to make sure that people who were on medication for mental illness, emotional illness, whatever were not able to get guns if there were if there are more conference objects to weed out people were to have things resurfacing databases that were more share I don't know what exists and what doesn't exist.

Some say what we've done everything we need to do on what I don't know what has been done. What hasn't been done. What I do know is my simple question should have gotten 100% response. Of course you say, but amen I'm going hunting tomorrow you get will then plan ahead, buddy plan ahead. All right, that that the bottom line is this, if we could do more conference of background checks and you had to wait a few days, every legitimate gun owner just had to wait a few days in order to get a gun and he could potentially keep guns out of the wrong people's hands. What we all sign on in an instant. You simply see if we go to California get a 10 day waiting period for guns and what we need is is security in school settling okay fun that's a perfectly valid response to say of course we we wait a few days if that would help. But when places where this is ready, set up its not help okay fun we can have that discussion. My mind was a theoretical question that should've received a 100% answer of everyone saying yes of course if if inconveniencing myself a little bit ago in the Ocala city of drivers license. Come on, you go, you have taken written exam that you have to drive and how long you wait before you find out if you pass on the with the system is now, but when I was a kid getting it in you waited days and was over we can the people would say all the longer this. It's a bad saltwater is a good side to get all your was life it's driving a car that's that's like a weapon.

Right otherwise are at stake. It makes sense and look I don't want to inconvenience elderly people. I would not like to do that I'm on the young man my sum is simple. To some he about 6210 63 next month gobbling up. I want to be respectful for the elderly. For some it's 95 years old driving but should we have some kind of test as people get older to make sure that there is safe and to be on the role of statistics say what's the best way to say was I think these are of their questions to ask that in Outlook Joel Pollock on Breitbart so conservative website Orthodox Jewish entity. There he said this, the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school parking for last week is called shock and grief to the entire nation rightly so.

And I'm glad that what it is all just sweep this under the rug and just get back on with what we kill we can't get just get back on with life after yet another tragic shooting. We have a problem in America okay we have a problem gun violence in America that we should know without the most violent country in the world when it comes to gun violence, but we definitely have a problem. Is it fatherless kids is that the problem boys growing up without dads. Is it a mental illness problem is it our fascination with death in a constant, violent movies and violent video games and celebrating mass violence in an getting the guys name on the media now have all these copycat killers, etc., is that it is it an issue of who can get guns is an issue of what kinds of guns. People can get these are questions we need to ask, but let's acknowledge. We have a problem so Joel Pollock says the left as is usual demanding gun control is listed several students from the school and its cause and he says one can understand the desire to do something, anything to prevent another terrible event but once again it's unclear what law or regulation would stop mashing so he's represented the conservative side he said outlawing assault weapons while automatic weapons are really largely illegal and are not involved in most mass shooting events. The last assault weapons ban did nothing to stop mashing events including, but banning the AR 15 a single pole single shot weapon falsely describes an assault weapon. He said the Charleston should emerge as victims of the church with a handgun suitable for the hero who stopped to Texas.

Judy Lester did so with an AR 15 rifle gun violence restraining orders to your videos these rows in California after the other Vista shooting in 2015 to allow relatives of a trouble person to police take their guns away, but these orders really temporary. The Sandy Hook shooter's mother gave him his guns and parking the parents who took the killer and had no idea he was in trouble. They told reporters that he had been showing improvement they thought his guns they had his guns locked away improved background checks that might help.

Let solution depends on the ability of the bureaucracy to manage databases properly which it failed to do in the case of the Texas shooter who never should been able to buy a gun and justice and parking many other mass shootings, including Islamic terrorist had previously been reported to law enforcement or the FBI. But if you do been ignored or been left alone after a brief inquiry Atty. Gen. Jeff sessions told Breitbart news last week. There are signals and signs before the shootings that have recognized the beach intervention and could stop these events from occurring. There being missed. So what new gun laws and regulations will actually prevent mass shootings.

He said there is one possibility, but the left will not allow us to try nearly allowing teachers to carry guns okay so I use that as a sample to say your solution is that of the years can servicing this will work will work in the liberals. Let's talk about the line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown voice of moral cultural and spiritual revolution.

Here again is Dr. Michael Brown placements for joining us, 148667 what your solution which are proposed week. We definitely have a problem with gun violence in America that to me is an disputable, indisputable SKUs me.

The question is what are the causes of it. What are the solutions someone posted on my Facebook page last week that when she went to school. I guess in the 50s 60s. She said that guys would bring their rifles to school because they were going out hunting afterwards and she said they they had a marksmanship team with ROTC and they had the guns on campus locked up somewhere in there is never an issue with gun violence now. On the one hand, I I absolutely recognize that in that culture in that setting. There was not a problem and and you didn't have an issue with the guys bringing rifles to school and going out hunting afterwards at the same time we have a problem today so is the problem the guns access to the guns is the problem the people is a prominent different society different mindset. Let's just say we agreed that the problem of society is changed and you have more broken homes. You have more mental illness, and you have more demonic activity where everyone attribute. We have more problems with violent entertainment and so what what ever it is all right that we have this, but we take got our schools. Say whatever you want to say as of today. What we do okay we want to fix the larger problem we want to address the larger issues or problems in our society which we don't deny that's my main focus. The larger ponds in the side that's where my expertise would be, but this is something we need to do along the way. Should anyone be able to go to store and get body armor. For example you just what you need for hunting what you need to protect your family. If the goal is you have to be more protected than the worst potential criminal out there within get nuclear bombs or site you don't say win-win.

When you stop, look, I I understand that when I fly to Israel and El Al airlines like affiants safer airlines. Unfortunately man to get Hess and you my last trip there. They didn't like some of my answers and I got grilled grilled and grilled the airport finally okay I could go and kinda the time before that was there with my assistant and we we got.

I don't know our two week.

I was however long it was, we got stopped. We got, they separated us the interview as it would to websites to check to verify stories that you know they weren't happy with things. That's okay if I die I enjoy fight. They wonder why you smile.

They asked me why was I slicing because you don't really enjoy suggesting your job but you have to warn people by the way, this is what happens. And yes, the racial profiling because they're looking for certain potential people could be terrorists there one time and in years past before my my radical weight loss and change in all of that is trouble with the breathing machine and long overseas flights, I bring it on the plane with me.

I had a battery attachment for an and then if I was going to lay down and sleep on the plane. You know what to put the seat back as far as I could. I put the breathing machine on and put a blanket over my having you know would help me sleep much much better will they would let me bring it on the plane I Sublette I needed to sleep. They would let me bring it on the plane their security just wasn't happy with it look like it. They knew what was by so I can't just put them in a in a suitcase because it's fragile, so they wrapped it diamond all over, and over all the stuff the packet properly did stick in my suitcase. Gotta live with it and then of course you know on every flight that they have armed marshals on your who they are, but an American flights to be the same thing now that there armed marshals on the plane and that's also help cut down tires and so what if there were people who were licensed and trained in every school that were responsible that middle. The background checks, etc. and that they were trained to carry guns on campus with with that help think it would certainly help. But the question again is okay. Nicholas Cruz getting his guns.

He never should've been able to because of his history at and even if he had guns was able to get them earlier. Once he was reported to the FBI earlier in January that should been enough. It was a bureaucratic error. You say will just enforce your laws would be better. Yes, but probably some laws need some adjustments. 866-34-TRUTH going to the phones momentarily. There is a Colorado State representative Columbine survivor that he says we got it and gun free zones that you know Chicago city Chicago is restrict with gun control laws, and in what you have there. You have horrific number of homicides in the sales we need more guns and there is not going to do it that some people would say yes with responsible people have guns to defend themselves or that will deter violence. The people coming with guns are coming in because they know their gun free zones IN are you I am not trying to argue specific case here. I'm simply saying here's something else it's been put forward by a Columbine survivor.

There is an article old. Let's just see that I saw on CNN how US gun culture compares with the world and they lay it out in five charts the first chart indicates how Americans are nearly half 40% of the estimated 650 million civilian own guns worldwide then it says Americans own more guns per capita than residents of any other country, Yemen being behind us and in Switzerland. That's a surprise number three Finland number four no associate those countries at all with gun violence and talk about Switzerland Finland US makes up less than 5% of the world's population but holds 31% of global mass shooters. So with that being so, so much higher than that would point to not just guns been the problem in our culture being part of the problem. The daily wire by the way, so that there are no Lori not going to publish names, photos of shooters that they do not want to draw attention to them and they didn't want to make the people into heroes or celebrities. I should say they do not want to encourage others to be copycat codes, a gun homicide rates are 25.2 times higher in the US than in other high income countries so basically you're looking at a gun related deaths in high-income countries per 1 million people is 2010 and in homicides in South Korea, Japan are virtually zero.

You camo zero Netherlands but to prove it to 3% means very very very low percentages and then you get to to America when you scroll down and wear it at what a total of about 66 per million is that it and its I'm sorry 66 suicides 36 homicides per million, so it in it. In any case, you look at this circuit. We deftly have a problem. The question is, what's the root of the problem.

How do we fix the problem and let me just switch screens here and go over to our call.

So starting Winston-Salem North Carolina weighed welcome to the line of fire. You're very welcome. 2.11.

In particular, don't want to work order for the department currently on the wrong people and return. That's a possibility. I mean I hate to think that many following me on twitter but that's that's a very valid valid possibilities are absolutely remaining premier our your were looking in the wrong order parameters onward on all the blue convertible to move the start by finding out what's causing the young people to launch and that of course but not very Christian. Cleaning up the entertainment industry claiming up the Internet, bringing family values, morality, and all are universally to our marriage.

Say what what we have it, though it is not about the mine right right and not a mental health problem, but close about culture and not about individual monitoring and inlet just jumping in and say couple things quickly what one is because of the culture of today and the depravity of today. Do we need to do anything different with her gun laws because of that, that's one question two yes yes yes we must address the larger issues in three there are some people who are legitimately mentally ill. In other words there.

There is a physical malfunction in the brain which is medication can be somewhat modified but evil is evil little words, there are plenty of people who do they do because they are evil because they're wicked. And yes, our culture is the biggest culprit. We must address larger issues at the moment. Is there something else we need to do as well. Thank you sir for weighing in at let's go to Tony in Ogden, Utah asked for: the line of fire.

During the period got out about the future, then back having gotten you go. I think they're scared because the fact that there there are in the line of fire to the big picture that it died me out of the helicopter garden in Vietnam.

I know there are times when you make sure you get your target even though you shoot between being connected. The spot Bill began shooters right with a bunch of kids I got make sure that they can hit their target. So I think they should have guns, but they should also be certified. I guess the word would be expert to make sure they get their target even if they have to shoot if you don't knock on your target that first moment is still going get somebody out that you not my file. All school and teacher thing and we really don't need semiautomatic you can do the thinking picked out with a shotgun and start as if they get out of his assistance he owes us like to get a break, but thankfully and thanks for your service for country and yes, so is is that part of the immediate solution only address the larger issues and how guns get his hands and immediate solution culture that is seven gun free zone. You have security people on premise for certified lysis and even expert error on the line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown. Your voice is more cultural and spiritual revolution Vera Jim Dr. Michael Brown point we have a massive problem with violence with gun violence in America. The question is, what's the cause of it. How do we address it.

How we fix. I just asked a question on Facebook that I previously asked on twitter. And I said this is a good non-gun person myself, I'm interested to hear how all of you.

Gun owners feel about this. Would you be willing to potentially wait a few more days to purchase a gun if more comprehensive background checks required in order to keep guns out of the wrong people's hands and thus for the first couple hundred response. I just posted minutes ago 81% said of course 19% said no way. One gentleman said I'm in California. We wait 10 days already. Even if you have two, three, 10 of the farm's awaiting 10 days is not going to make a difference. Now I'm looking in article it's talk about Japan.

Japan is a population of about hundred 27 million people and they have rarely more than 10 shooting deaths total in the year and if you want to own a gun Japan you must attend an all day class pass written test achieve at least 95% accuracy during sugaring test, then you have to pass a mental health evaluation at hospitals was a background check, which the government takes into any criminal records or ties and into an entries, friends, family members, then you can buy only shotguns and their rifles, no handguns, and must retake the class initial exam every three years, we have almost no gun violence. There, but would America even think of living with a system like that so I want to talk to my dear friend James Robison about this in James.

I know you're a lifelong hunter in that sense gun owner Anna but I know that more than being a conservative being a member of the NRA or voting for the Republican Party. You are someone who loves people who whose heartbreaks you should more tears than than almost anybody I know over human pain so you you sir is you're looking at the suffering the pain. People bury their dead. The outcry for the president to do something I generally want to hear what you have to say at a time like this. How do we address the problem are we looking for solutions in the wrong place all global all-out war model of law includes all of them building both on the body below move on a biblical worldview of the world, all the world caught his book on call. I am a member of the I believe that it is in you, good people useful in many positive life, animal love on top of unlimited and all multiple about your all multiple article problem found in the world. What I am. You Albano was moved. They do not want anyone of Bible about the amount believed to be the firstborn, we who prepare out voluntary program claiming program on the whole lot not want to walk along with not somebody is going that that old golf ball well thought. My. All lost all on you and I know you know this is my time moment. The problem of God, and component laws along the book at the moment.

I really bet about that would be far including the remember been all right, but probably won't ever get my union some form of wall values. This law is "but is also a lot of thought all bonded along the flow of the book that all law and not the law of the body law moments do not believe that you have literally get out of them all and all all all we can perfect us to the effect of this business about a month. I am having absolutely no goals on law that all the problem. The whole lot under their own right, not want to fully perform on all multiple of that might not be open all spoke about bombarded all multiple all the all along and available spot falls below the law and there's no question brother James were just having a problem with with the connection of just going to call again to see if we can get a better connection. So how is this going to talk to off the air for a moment, because that the that the cost of muffled and and I don't want to miss with which which have to say, but what I'm what I'm saying is the same thing that James sense of how or if you just check to see if we can improve the connection that would be great.

What went on saying is the exact same thing that we've got to be able to sit down and talk and not make this political look. I think it's totally wrong when people are furious with Pres. Trump and saints do something, stop it.

This is your fault that the shooting that Took Pl. in Florida is not present Trump's fault. At the same time it grieves me when he tweets about the FBI and brother were so busy with that rush of the focus on this night nuts about him. Both of those responses are wrong to me. Let's not politicize this. Either way, this might peel let's let's talk to each other and try to better understand each other and and then say, okay, this book can we put our heads together and come up with lifesaving solutions that don't have the reaction in the gut level reaction. Either way… Let's let's talk would be a good idea to have better security in the schools. This is that something that we can do is is is there a way that we can get past the the political divisions along go to your calls. In a moment, 86634 up, but James hopefully weekly report connection just as this this last question, it seems that we make everything political and that there is a right and a left reaction immediately and we never get to that table of wisdom we can sit and talk together. What must we do, what kind of attitude we have to have, to be able to sit together as American citizens and so can we have a problem. How can we solve this together instead of all this is a victory for the republics of this is a victory for the Democrats posted for Trump this for Obama. How we grow up and get past that you come back to the word of God and acknowledge that we do have a reliable start. There are principles that are absolutely not only sustainable and important, but quite frankly, the consequences of the Messiah are irrefutable, written and recorded history, and so we don't have to sit down together and think I'm saying is that when you get people are hungry they are actually taking the basic tenets of God's word and changing it into a lack of totally ignoring and end date devastating results that come when you put anything before God including sleeves are Pharaoh or some other source or direction, and for wisdom. You are in serious trouble with the mockery this week that a major network tolerate owner show that was started by Barry Sparks in the end they make a big entire Christian world by implying the possibility of Jesus actually talking to that she didn't hear his voice and end of word of God is proceeding from his mouth. Once you say those things are not true and you have invited the father of lies to lead the conversation and and Dr. Brown, the father of lies who is also a murderer is directing too many conversations today and you contributing to the confusion of the distinction the bishop and the outright hatred oppose the writer wants to destroy everything that doesn't walk in step with his right. In the end, but those who are dedicated to evil.

Unlike people are in the church are dedicated to God. At least they say they are walking a locksmith in harmony with the deceivers will, and it leads to death and disruption and dissension and abrasion is right there preceding all, whereas the church has bought black that it affects culture. It is been pulled into the political arena get out of the lease saying that whatever that is) is now in have to get the church of Jesus Christ to band together and site on the line of fire with your host activist and author internationals leader and theologian Dr. Michael Brown voice of more cultural and spiritual revolution get into the line of fire now by calling 634 through here again is Dr. Michael Brown are you a few very important announcements back your calls preorder sign copy of the first printing of play with holy far we could call to the charismatic Pentecostal church ready yesterday on Amazon.

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Also at our website. Number three in less there's some major news that turns the direction of the show tomorrow. II want to get to something really interesting and show you where charismatics fail in noncharismatic sale true strengths of each sigh show you weaknesses of each set.

I think you'll find it really eye-opening and of course will take your calls as well and that light yesterday. We got some great calls week we had a noncharismatic call in day yesterday. Got some great call some fine questions been interacting with Phil Johnson right him answer Pastor John MacArthur about presentation to give a few years ago he asked me to interact with it publicly because I'd not done so in a comprehensive way.

Start with part one last week up early to get to part two more. These are to be I opening broadcasts and the videos are there on our asked Dr. Brown YouTube channel James Robison mention on the view Joy Behar mocking VP Pentz if he is mentally ill.

The can that Jesus speaks to us today and I don't remember my parents going around saying Jesus just told me this fear the Lord just told think of them use that language all the time. In any case, it's a mockery of our faith is what it is.

I wrote about it on the stream. Check out my article there in the face of Mike pence also on the slaughter of Christians in Nigeria at the stream stream.org all right with that.

We go back to the phone. Starting in Ohio. David, welcome to the line of fire real quick to be going from videos on their grandmother, Mark iPAQ got along on my board look for your call.

You were security gun report can happen if you take away or they are picking. I think oil gun for Glock.

I continued on underground rock.

I computer Luke 22. I continued on underground back. There's a lot of gun back in half high athletic clip. I think we security at all and I think we need 50 people. How in the presence of the Holy Ghost and prayer that was going to make so is there if you had to come up with an immediate solution while we work long term to change people's hearts your immediate solution is more secure and are more security in our schools and number one prior and yeah more earlier got it yet. Of course we pray and of course we seek to change hearts. But if we had to do something in the immediate legislative level that would be your solution more security in our schools. Thank you sir for calling eights and thank you for getting right to the point, 86634 let's go to Austin Texas Nicole walking to the line of fire. Dr. Brown hello are you talking about their career.

Sharon when talking about any current Dragon girl to the publisher psychopathic? In thinking out and already happening today. The wars and rumors of war are we supposed to stop at Christians because he told it can happen. And if he can't enduring mean to suffer patiently impairment out and tolerate My question. Can we be yoked with the world and follow God yet so there's a larger question in the specifics of the larger question has to do with last days. Enduring to the end we been in the last days, since Jesus died and rose from the dead. When Peter preached at Pentecost. He referred to the outpouring that they were experiencing as taking place in these last days and that's a consistent testimony was the end of the test right is it reliving the last days even the last hour. That's since Jesus died and rose from the dead, until today during a time this time. This great tribulation is great deception in this great victory.

This rate outpouring as far as enduring to the end. It's talking about saying no to the seduction of sin that would pull us away saying no to the seduction of apostasy that would pull us away saying no to the pressure of persecution that would pull us away.

It's not saying don't try to change laws in a positive way. It's not saying if you see injustice don't address it. The early Christians were active in saving lives of the lies of abandoned babies being the most prominent and then advocating for justice and and in equity. It was Christians who led the war against slavery whether other Christians on the wrong side of that Christians who let them work in slave trade and slavery Christians on the front line of the pro-life movement and then in whatever country we live. We are said to be submitted citizens and work for the best of the country and serve that country, and the less the country demands that we disobey God.

So in this context I don't think we just sit back and let people be slaughtered unnecessarily and ice. I think that we do what we can to work across the government and whatever we can do and holistically address the problem to sit with we do to reduce the number of gun fatalities in America should be so that we all agree we want to see happen is thank you for asking. 866-34-TRUTHs we go to mall and Walmart cold welcome to light a fire hello Dr. Brown, shalom don't under Paraguay. We can go to the airport and be Dan. All of our long gone through before we get on the plane but yet in school to get the ball.

There not law suggest you sink, then another, our schools, there are certain places we do have to go through metal detectors to get in and that's been for quite a while and below if you want to mall in Israel you got a backpack that backpack is can be expected.

Did you just your ear. It's not as stringent as security in an airport and states but it's it's closer to that than just walking into mall here in America.

This is sadly necessary there, but you say then that that would be the next step that we need to take that you have metal detectors in schools and that all is it's a hassle you hated but everyone has to walk through metal detector to get into it put their cell phone in a tray with her backpacking tray and have a go through metal detectors that that something is as much of a hassle is this chemist like it saves lives of the airport we live with it that we have to do the same in our schools well and await your operative where football coach all prayer with. But prepare when Yeah got it so it's not something that we'd like to countenance but until the culture changes the larger culture changes. We address other issues.

Is this the kind of thing we need to do. Then of course we had church shootings do we do the same thing, church services and amenities.

These are further questions to ask are they not thank you sir for Teresa's 866342. Let's go to Dan in Raleigh, North Carolina. Welcome to the line of fire. I Dr. Brown made the progressive side quite liberal but you know I joke about to get good for me and I really can't respect you.

I think you are truly a man of God and I you appreciate your call for dealing with in a non-partisan when administered something that Christians feel to come together on. I very much and got and one thing I hear all the time from conservatives that kind of bothers me and I I've heard a couple times today is that you know if you let the government ban any going to get a comment take all of you gone and you know what the Bible demands that we do with each other in the spirit of truth and you know that's never been proposed. No one is ever said no one at the proposed taking away everyone's gone. Wonder what you think yellow that first night. Thanks for the kind words and obviously were all for followers of Jesus were trying to align ourselves with God's side in God's truth and I look I see liberal or progressive attitudes toward war, towards violence.

That to me you could make a good biblical case for NIC conservative responses to war and violence that you can make a good biblical case for.

In other words, often there are are you missing the site.

I used to like of the few times I watched Hannity and Colmes that they could argue both sides. I account like that is whichever side you're on is going to force you to hear the other side and challenge your thinking and it wasn't a slam dunk. In every case but what I understand people saying it is this. Yet some are overreacting, but like James Robison just said you give the government an inch and they take a mile and just like we seeing gay activism go inch by inch. Words were telling people in advance hears here the miles it's going to be going.

You know it's not just incremental.

It's massive it's societal change. The same thing that there are people on the left that really do have some very radical ideas in a just like a Bernie Sanders was an out and out socialist when it comes to American economy. So that's what I think is the valid concern I said at the outset of the show. No place on a take away guns for emergencies. Why, because it can happen is not gonna happen. Americans just like you to give up their guns. It's that's reality militia have some unexpected thing in the whole world comes under the sway the antichrist. In it, but you know I'm saying is just as Nokia happened, but people are saying. Once you open the door little bit more the government more bureaucracy, more control the government's going to just ask for this 1 inch but this 1 inch now becomes the way to the door the 1 mile 5 miles 10 months.

I think that's the valid concerns. If you can get past that that initial knee-jerk reaction larger concern.

That's what I see is valid right friends back with