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Claire: Since I have a need to spell things out, I want to make sure that you understand the thanks for particpating in these posts and the wish for a Merry Christmas of course specifically includes YOU.

Paul, are you opposed to our president (veep and others too) having armed guards protecting him everywhere he goes? Are you opposed to armed security guards at banks? Malls? These questions have been raised elsewhere and I think they're totally valid. Although I have answered your first question numerous times, in response to your many continued questions and comments, you still haven't addressed my answer to your second question.

Claire: I am praying for you and have contacted CT about your postings. You are an extremely clever person; you have wonderful passion and valid concerns.

This may be OT, but it has occurred to me that, although a number of funerals have been held in churches, I haven't heard anything about giving Nancy Lanza the benefit of doubt (obviously, she didn't feel threatened by Adam, and I haven't heard any concrete evidence that he had a bona fide mental illness). Nor have I heard a word about forgiveness, which seems to be completely off the radar.

Paul, your latest response PROVES you did not read the post I referred to earlier. I did address those very things (gun licensing and restrictions) in that post. I did not say that money is more precious TO YOU SPECIFICALLY than our schoolchildren - I *did* say, "[E]vidently our money is more precious than our schoolchildren" BECAUSE I haven't heard one person who is AGAINST having armed security guards in schools complain about having armed guards on duty in banks. And, YES, it is true that the policewoman in CO prevented a massacre. RE: Wasted money in general - Obama has incurred TRILLIONS of dollars in national debt, he wants to keep spending AND spending AND spending with no end in sight. LOTS of waste could go toward feeding the poor, Paul. Maybe this is why Christ Jesus said the poor would always be with us. However, I do know that MANY Christian organizations and individuals are indeed giving and giving and giving, and not only at Christmastime. God bless you too.