Gun Control

“amidst the prevailing rhetoric about gun reform, is there a third conversation that should be taking place? One that seeks to find common ground and practical solutions?” - Relevant

“Southern Baptist leader Brent Leatherwood calls on the state to ‘restrain evil’ through Governor Lee’s plan to keep weapons from those deemed a threat to themselves or others.” - CToday

“Sin is the issue, and that’s why problems exist, including tragic shootings. We need to stop offering bandages and substitutes and address peripheral issues.” - Parker Reardon

CT: God Hates Gun Violence: We American Christians have a biblical call to reduce firearm deaths in our land

“While details of the proposals differ, their advocates agree the ultimate problem behind gun violence is spiritual and that believers should not allow differences on gun policy to divide them.” BPNews

Doug Wilson: We don’t need to do anything about the guns. But we do need to do something about all the fatherless boys who are loaded up on psychotropic drugs, administered by the school nurse, and educated by a school system that is prohibited by law from telling anybody what the meaning of life is.

A true pro-life commitment would seem to generate an entirely different type of discourse among gun owners; one that starts from a posture of grief and prioritizes collaboration with ALL other citizens to find positive new solutions that transcend the relentless conversational stalemate the surfaces with each shooting.

Responding to: “It’s time for Christians to stand up to the Alt-right gun nuts and push for gun control, now!”

“Each [Texas] congregation has the right to determine if it wants to allow both openly carried and concealed handguns, concealed but not openly carried handguns, openly carried but not concealed handguns, or no handguns, regardless of whether or not they are concealed or openly carried” BNG

“No sane person would be against commonsense reform. The very use of the term ‘common sense’ indicates that this is a sense that should be common to all.