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Tag: Articles – Guns/Gun Violence
Articles that address guns/gun violence.
GUIDE: Preventing Gun Violence
Despite the statistics being almost a decade old, this practical, informative 15-page preventative gun violence guide created by the Mennonite Central Committee U.S. Washington Office in 2010 features how to advocate for public policies to prevent gun violence, Christian views on violence and self-defense, and how to write to your government officials to lobby for change.
ARTICLE: Gun Statistics
A collection of websites collecting gun violence statistics in the United States of America.
ARTICLE: It’s a Heart Problem, Not a Gun Problem? Maybe You’re Right…
Following the San Bernardino shooting in December of 2015 pastor Drew Tucker penned this heartfelt post in which he acknowledges that, within the gun debate, it is a heart problem. A heart problem that we continue to harden our hearts and not make any meaningful change no matter the cost.
ARTICLE: F*ck you, I like guns
No sugar coating or platitudes here as Army veteran Anastasia Bernoulli passionately lays out why civilians don't need to own military grade rifles. A word of warning that this article contains some swearing.
ARTICLE: Are We Attempting to Serve Two Masters, Jesus and Gun Rights?
In an excerpt from her book When Thoughts and Prayers Aren't Enough (which we highly recommend) Taylor Schumann writes about the callous comments many Christians made when she started to talk about gun reform and ultimately asks if some Christians are trying to serve two masters.
ARTICLE: It’s Not a Gun Problem, It’s a Heart Problem
In a well-reasoned, succinct article professor of philosophy at Eastern Kentucky University Michael W. Austin lists four reasons why the common argument, "guns don't kill people, people kill people" is fallacious.
ARTICLE: God and Guns
One pastor advocates for gun reform, the other trains and arms his congregation. Both had mass shootings take place at their churches. In this well-researched, long form article Kimberly Winston digs into the relationship between guns and Christians and what Christians, both armed and not armed, are doing to prevent gun violence.
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