Essay: A Christian approach to America’s standoff on gun safety reform
In an article first published on Religion News Service, RAYMOND CHANG, president of the Asian American Christian Collaborative, says gun control legislation can’t rid society of evil but simply acknowledges that evil exists…
Essay: Five ways to reduce school shootings
In the wake of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, US psychology professor PAUL BOXER outlines, in an article first published on The Conversation, what research shows about preventing such violence…
My Mission: Meet the first minister of gun violence prevention
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, meets Rev Deanna Hollas, the first ordained minister of gun violence prevention in the largest Presbyterian denomination in the United States…
Essay: We’ll pray for Uvalde. But as gun deaths mount, there’s too much to pray for
In an article first published on Religion News Service, CHERYL TOWNSEND GILKES, assistant pastor and professor of African American Studies and Sociology, says we must pray for understanding of God’s grace, but also for an end to a culture of destructiveness…
Essay: America is exceptional – in its addiction to violence and war
US activist, author and co-director of Red Letter Christians SHANE CLAIBORNE says – in an article first published on Religion News Service – that while it’s been 55 years since Martin Luther King’s historic speech, ‘Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence,’ it still rings out as true as ever…
Canada launches $C250 million fund to tackle gun violence
Toronto, CanadaReuters Canada launched a $C250 million fund to curb gun violence, earmarking a significant amount to stop gun smuggling at the border, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino said on Wednesday. The fund will be used to help municipalities and Indigenous communities prevent gun and gang violence, and in banning of more than 1,500 models of […]
Essay: Guns as holiday photo props – The real war on Christmas
SHANE CLAIBORNE, activist, author and co-director of Red Letter Christians, argues – in an article published on Religion News Service – that Christmas photos in which the subjects hold guns is no way to honour Christ…
Gun violence: How Philadelphia’s reform DA is teaming with clergy to tackle rising tide of shootings
ELIZABETH E EVANS reports for Religion News Service on the role clergy are playing in tackling gun violence in the US city of Philadelphia…
“Social contagion” as Sweden sees surge in deadly shootings
Stockholm, SwedenReuters Sweden has gone from having one of the lowest rates of gun violence in Europe to having one of the highest, a report said on Wednesday, describing what one researcher called a “social contagion” of killings. Sweden, with a population of 10 million, saw 42 deadly shootings in 2019, the last year with […]
Essay: Faith-based “violence interrupters” stop gang shootings with promise of redemption for at-risk youth – not threats of jail
In an article first published on The Conversation, US academic DEANNA WILKINSON looks at how faith-based initiatives, many run out of churches, have helped address gun violence in the US…