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Newtown shooting galvanizes religious gun control advocates
http://www.religionnews.com/2012/12/17/newtown-shooting-galvanizes-religious-gun-control-advocates/
Adelle M. Banks | December 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment
(RNS) The shooting deaths of 26 children and adults at a Connecticut elementary school has revived religious support for gun control, galvanizing a movement that has struggled to gain traction against the powerful gun lobby.
“We are going to win this and save lives, and faith leaders will not need to be pulled into that,” said Ladd Everitt, spokesman for the Washington-based Coalition to Stop Gun Violence. “They will be at the forefront of that.”
Everitt said rank-and-file people of faith have flooded his office’s email and social media accounts, giving donations and offering to volunteer in their communities following the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., on Friday (Dec. 14).
Even though the gun control debate has been relatively dormant in recent years — despite high-profile mass shootings in Arizona, Colorado and elsewhere — religious voices have been a key part of the gun control coalition.
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