Sacrifices at the altar of the gun / ekklesia, 18 April 2007
http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/5072
Tim Nafziger
"America worships the gun. The other day, 33 more were sacrificed on the altar of our devotion to the gun. Specifically, to semi-automatic handguns. There are already dozens of articles from gun disciples arguing that the massacre today at Virginia tech could have been avoided if some of the students had been carrying guns so they could shoot the killer before he killed them. We trust the gun more than we trust God. ... But there is hope. In the United Kingdom after the Dunblane Massacre, more than 700,000 people signed the Snowdrop petition calling for a total ban on the private ownership and use of handguns in the United Kingdom. The petition led to the Firearms (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1997 which completely banned handguns in the UK.
Of course there have been some terrible shootings impacting the black community recently, tied in with gang and drug culture it seems. But the growth of such incidences is still lower and they can can be handled in the context of a wider culture against guns."