While I certainly have strong opinions as to the use of military strength at times in the history of our nation, I am reminded on weekends like this that even for those who are pacificists, they need to thank God that someone didn’t believe fully in pacificism with them… and fought for their right to maintain that ideological stance.

I fully understand someone’s right to believe in pacificism. I probably tend more that way than ever before in my life. However, I am thankful for those who fought for my right, or anyone else’s right, to hold to a political ideology. It’s quite odd, in its own way, that the right to not bear arms is won by those who did bear arms. Is this a great country or what?