Gun-Free COVID-19 Zones

Why did we close schools?

Why didn’t we just put up “COVID-19-FREE ZONE” signs to protect our kids?

What’s that?

Deadly viruses ignore warning signs?

Ahhh… But bad guys…they…ahhh…they obey those signs, right?

So other than nasty viruses, our kids are safe when they’re at school, right?

Here’s the reality.

When shit gets real you circle the wagons…You lock the doors…You solidify your walls…You break up into small groups so the enemy can’t take out dozens or hundreds of you with one attack…You control access in and out of your walled, locked structure…You do this in concentric rings:

  • Nation

  • State

  • City

  • Street

  • Home

  • Room in the home

It’s what we do as humans.

Yes, this is hard.

As you fear for your family’s health and safety…you fear for your job and…you fear for your ability to feed them and…you fear for your ability to protect them and…you’re trying to figure out a quiet space in your home to work and… you’re trying to figure out how to get your computer’s microphone to work and…you’re trying to figure out if you should wear pants for the conference call and…you’re afraid you’ll run out of Oreos and…you’re afraid you don’t have enough wine and…you fear for your ability to buy them toilet paper and…you have to homeschool on top of all of that!

But look around.

We’re getting through this.

Projections of doom and gloom are being lowered by 96%—NINETY-SIX PERCENT—today.

This proves, in realtime, that the bulk of your fears never come to pass, and those that do, most aren’t as bad as you feared.

But you know what you should fear?

Putting your kids in the hands of the government for 18 years to…

  • misfeed their bodies with junk food

  • misfeed their minds with propaganda

  • cluster them into convenient kill zones for bad guys

  • misguide them to over-emphasize the importance of sports

  • fail to teach them useful life skills

  • confuse them about their sexuality

  • confuse them about their faith

  • confuse them about the importance of family (You’ve just been reminded how important your family is, haven’t you?)

  • confuse them about the role of government

  • confuse them about the importance of our Constitution

  • confuse them about pretty much anything that’s real.

But Wes, I’m a teacher and I care.”

But Wes, my mom’s a teacher and she cares.”

But Wes, my dad’s a teacher and he cares.”

Save your breath.

I know there are a lot of good people who are great teachers and who care so much they lose sleep and spend their own money to nurture their students, but they are caught up in a bureaucratic wood chipper that is slowly grinding them down to nothing.

Which is why we need to support those wonderful teachers in going out on their own.

We need to get government out of education. We need to demand school vouchers. We need to demand more homeschooling choices. We need to support families who choose to live on one income and protect, educate, and nurture their children and their families, as we have all been doing these last two weeks.

The government is too big. The government is too corrupt. The government is too powerful.The government is too wasteful.The government is too incompetent.The government is too evil.

It needs to be cut 50% by the end of the year.

Then it needs to be 25% smaller by the end of next year.

But Wes, we need the bailout package. We need…”

SHUT UP!

Don’t you understand that the reason you’re laying in a pool of your own blood at the bottom of the stairwell in the parking garage at the mall is because the government cut off the lights, poured cooking oil on the steps, then pushed you down the stairs?

A f*cking vacuum company is making 15,000 ventilators on a moment’s notice because the ONLY thing the government is good at is KILLING people and BREAKING things.

You and I are made in God’s image.

There is a touch of the Divine in us.

Not only can we solve MASSIVE problems when the government is not oppressing us, we can PREDICT problems before they arise and nip them in the bud, thereby negating the need for us to hear those frightful words,

I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.”

I trust you to know how to educate, feed, nurture, and love your children more than the President, Governor, or even your small town Mayor (sorry Gene Wunderlich…but for the record, I would trust you with my family if it came down to it. And that’s not a joke or hyperbole.)

It’s time we restored faith in ourselves and distrust for the government instead of the other way around. It’s time we returned the power to the people.

It’s time for you to rise up and reach your full potential. It’s time you accepted and owned your inalienable rights.

You’ve been called to greatness.

Please answer the call.

Now go sell something.