Mass Shootings

We Don’t Know How to Stop Mass Shootings

"The First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, has marked one year since 26 of its members, including the pastor's daughter, were killed in one of the worst shootings in modern U.S. history." - CPost

"A family that lost several relatives during a mass shooting at a Texas church says the federal government was negligent by failing to report the gunman’s criminal information to a national database, according to a lawsuit filed this week." RNS

2 Pulse massacre survivors in ex-LGBT Freedom March

"Our problem is a widespread decline in moral values that has nothing to do with guns. That decline includes disrespect for those in authority, disrespect for oneself, little accountability for anti-social behavior, and a scuttling of religious teachings that reinforced moral values."  Intellectual Takeout

"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

"I’m praying that our churches, our church specifically, and other Bible-believing churches in our area, that we will point people to Jesus. ...He’s the only one who can bring peace where there is nothing but lostness and struggle and anger and fury and confusion." CToday

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. A true pro-life commitment would prompt gun owners to start the conversation rather than respond in defensiveness.