On Thursday, May 27, 1999, Darrell Scott, the father
of Rachel Scott, a
victim of the Columbine High School Shootings in
Littleton Colorado, was
invited to address the House Judiciary Committee’s
sub-committee. What he
said to our national leaders during this special
session of Congress was
painfully truthful. It needs to be heard by every
parent, every teacher,
every politician, every sociologist, every
psychologist, and every so-called
expert! These courageous words spoken by Darrell
Scott are powerful,
penetrating, and deeply personal. There is no doubt
that God sent this man
as a voice crying in the wilderness. The following
is a portion of the
transcript:

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“Since the dawn of creation there has been both good
& evil in the hearts of
men and women. We all contain the seeds of kindness
or the seeds of
violence. The death of my wonderful daughter, Rachel
Joy Scott, and the
deaths of that heroic teacher, and the other eleven
children who died must
not be in vain. Their blood cries out for answers.
The first recorded act of
violence was when Cain slew his brother Abel out in
the field. The villain
was not the club he used. Neither was it the NCA,
the National Club
Association. The true killer was Cain, and the
reason for the murder could
only be found in Cain’s heart. “In the days that
followed the Columbine
tragedy, I was amazed at how quickly fingers began
to be pointed at groups
such as the NRA. I am not a member of the NRA. I am
not a hunter. I do not
even own a gun. I am not here to represent or defend
the NRA because I don’t
believe that they are responsible for my daughter’s
death. Therefore I do
not believe that they need to be defended. If I
believed they had anything
to do with Rachel’s murder I would be their
strongest opponent. I am here
today to declare that Columbine was not just a
tragedy -it was a spiritual
event that should be forcing us to look at where the
real blame lies! Much
of the blame lies here in this room. Much of the
blame lies behind the
pointing fingers of the accusers themselves. I wrote
a poem just four nights
ago that expresses my feelings best. This was
written way before I knew I
would be speaking here today.
Your laws ignore our deepest needs
Your words are empty air
You’ve stripped away our heritage
You’ve outlawed simple prayer
Now gunshots fill our classrooms
And precious children die
You seek for answers everywhere
And ask the question “Why”
You regulate restrictive laws
Through legislative creed
And yet you fail to understand
That God is what we need!
Men and women are three-part beings. We all consist
of body, soul, and
spirit. When we refuse to acknowledge a third part
of our make-up, we create
a void that allows evil, prejudice, and hatred to
rush in and wreak havoc.
Spiritual influences were present within our
educational systems for most of
our nation’s history. Many of our major colleges
began as theological
seminaries. This is a historical fact. What has
happened to us as a nation?
We have refused to honor God, and in doing so, we
open the doors to hatred
and violence. And when something as terrible as
Columbine’s tragedy occurs -
politicians immediately look for a scapegoat such as
the NRA. They
immediately seek to pass more restrictive laws that
contribute to erode away
our personal and private liberties. We do not need
more restrictive laws.
Eric and Dylan would not have been stopped by metal
detectors. No amount of
gun laws can stop someone who spends months planning
this type of massacre.
The real villain lies within our own hearts.
Political posturing and
restrictive legislation are not the answers. The
young people of our nation
hold the key. There is a spiritual awakening taking
place that will not be
squelched! We do not need more religion. We do not
need more gaudy
television evangelists spewing out verbal religious
garbage. We do not need
more million dollar church buildings built while
people with basic needs are
being ignored. We do need a change of heart and a
humble acknowledgment
that this nation was founded on the principle of
simple trust in God! As my
son Craig lay under that table in the school library
and saw his two friends
murdered before his very eyes – he did not hesitate
to pray in school. I
defy any law or politician to deny him that right! I
challenge every young
person in America, and around the world, to realize
that on April 20, 1999,
at Columbine High School – prayer was brought back
to our schools. Do not
let the many prayers offered by those students be in
vain. Dare to move into
the new millennium with a sacred disregard for
legislation that violates
your God-given right to communicate with Him. To
those of you who would
point your finger at the NRA – I give to you a
sincere challenge. Dare to
examine your own heart before casting the first
stone! My daughter’s death
will not be in vain. The young people of this
country will not allow that to
happen!”

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Be
courageous enough to do what the media failed to do,
let the nation hear
this man’s speech. Please take a minute to send
this out to everyone you
know.