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Clergy from across the country who support the launch of the African-American Church Gun Control Coalition stand together at Nineteenth Baptist Church on Tuesday, April 23, 2013, in Washington. RNS photo by Adelle M. Banks

(RNS1-apr24) At meetings held Tuesday (April 23) in Washington (pictured here) and Los Angeles, supporters of the African-American Church Gun Control Coalition called gun violence “both a sin and a public health crisis” and committed to a three-year action plan of advocacy, education and legislative responses. For use with RNS-BLACK-GUNS, transmitted on April 24, 2013, RNS photo by Adelle M. Banks.