gun violence prevention
Greeting the Prince of Peace 10 years after Sandy Hook
By Shane Claiborne — December 22, 2022
(RNS) — The Christmas season makes room for commemorations of violence done against the innocent.
It’s been a week since the Club Q shooting. Let’s not move on.
By Shane Claiborne — November 28, 2022
(RNS) — The LGBTQ community continues to bear a disproportionate amount of hateful gun violence in America.
The Catholic bishops support gun control. Why don’t we hear more about it?
By Thomas Reese — June 8, 2022
(RNS) — Hardly anyone in the country knows about the strong and comprehensive position on gun control taken by the U.S. Catholic bishops.
Meet the first minister of gun violence prevention
By Emily McFarlan Miller — June 1, 2022
(RNS) — The Rev. Deanna Hollas urged Presbyterian Church (USA) congregations to host Guns to Gardens events at their churches, inviting — and sometimes incentivizing — gun owners to hand over their weapons to be turned into garden tools.
Shooting survivor shares why Christians need to offer more than thoughts and prayers
By Emily McFarlan Miller — May 26, 2022
(RNS) — ‘If God’s answer to our prayers is one that requires personal sacrifice, are we willing to hear that?’ said Taylor Schumann, author of ‘When Thoughts and Prayers Aren't Enough.’
Faith leaders gather in Houston in response to gun violence
By Kathryn Post — September 3, 2021
(RNS) — 'It's time to stop trusting in this myth of redemptive violence that more guns are going to make us safer.'
How Philadelphia’s reform DA is teaming with clergy to tackle rising gun violence
By Elizabeth E. Evans — July 1, 2021
(RNS) — Clergy and activists are looking to address the long-term problems that they believe drive the crisis, and they are urging faith leaders to mobilize their flocks in addressing them.
In US Capitol attack, America’s violent gun culture finally reached its source
By Simran Jeet Singh — February 26, 2021
(RNS) — Gun violence is not an issue that can be solved through legislation alone; it will require moral and religious efforts as well.
Churches arm, train congregants in wake of mass shootings
By Jake Bleiberg — August 19, 2019
(AP) — "Ten years ago, this industry was not a thing," said David Riggall, a Texas police officer whose company trains churchgoers to volunteer as security guards.
Clergy reject Missouri bill on concealed guns in churches
By Jack Jenkins — April 12, 2018
(RNS) — The bill would 'broaden second Amendment rights at the expense of the First Amendment right of religious liberty,' said St. Louis Archbishop Robert J. Carlson.
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