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After shooting, Tennessee’s God and guns culture under fire as protests mount in Capitol
By Bob Smietana — March 30, 2023
(RNS) — Hundreds of protesters rallied at the Tennessee Capitol on Thursday, calling for red flag laws and other reforms in the wake of the state's deadliest school shooting.
Nashville shooter who killed 6 drew maps, surveilled school
By Jonathan Mattise, Holly Meyer, and Travis Loller — March 27, 2023
(RNS) — The suspect, who was killed by police, is believed to be a former student at The Covenant School in Nashville, where the shooting took place.
For the lockdown generation, prayer is merely code for inaction
By Bekah McNeel — September 20, 2022
(RNS) — Gun violence is in the air Americans breathe, and like air, I knew Texas’ response to what happened in Uvalde would be neither solid nor substantial.
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.
In Santa Clarita, a church grapples with the aftermath of a deadly school shooting
By Alejandra Molina — November 19, 2019
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — After a 16-year-old shot and killed two of his classmates and wounded three others, Grace Baptist Church became a gathering place for grief counselors, first responders and prayer.
A year after Parkland, we are all numb
By Jeffrey Salkin — February 14, 2019
On this first yahrzeit of Parkland -- God, instill within us the capacity for outrage.
Portland school shooter was a Mormon teen
By Jana Riess — June 13, 2014
What will it take for Americans in general (and perhaps Mormons in particular) to stop the insanity and admit that there need to be reasonable limits on the availability of guns? How many children have to die?
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