Source: Religion News Service | Rachel Marie Stone
Among the most difficult sessions at the Sojourners Summit last week was the panel on gun violence.
There are more than 30,000 gun-related deaths in the US every year. As one member of the Summit panel pointed out, if there was a virus killing that many, wouldn’t we all be scrambling to find a cure?
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Gun violence is one of those issues that can feel really paralyzing, because, while most Americans support common sense measures such as closing background check loopholes, the gun lobbies are powerful.