I was enraged at the Kyle Rittenhouse acquittal on all counts. Then, I pled kyrie eleison. There were questions about the fairness of the trial, decisions of the judge and the make-up of the jury. Some say the prosecution’s strategy was misdirected. The…

Yesterday, I attended an inter-faith gathering of Jews, Muslims, Roman Catholics, Methodists and Lutherans, whose purpose was to fine-tune a gun safety/gun violence prevention (GS/GVP) model for statewide inter-faith use. It was sponsored by Protect Minnesota and its Inter-Faith Alliance for Gun Safety…

Primal justifications for gun purchase and use are appeals to “freedom and rights” buttressed by reference to the Second Amendment. Stirred into the mix is the right of self-defense as we have heard in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial. Yet, the primary clarion shout…

The offensive goal in football is to move the ball downfield and score a touchdown. The offensive goal in gun practice is to move gun actions forward towards the goal of gun safety, that no lives be lost to gun tragedy, but instead…

Creating and succeeding in moving gun violence prevention (GVP) forward demands patience and persistence. Indeed, it is usually a LONG SLOG. Resistance is vigorous with passionate personal and political head winds. Many gun owners feel defensive and believe that if you give an…

“For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.” (Galatians 5:1) Slavery was adherence to the Jewish Law. Paul was saying to Gentiles that in following Christ you are not bound to…

Envision a liturgy for gun violence prevention (GVP). Liturgy means the people act. Liturgists and activists have written liturgies for peace, for racial reconciliation, for earth care and more. Liturgies were written to frame a human condition begging the embrace of grace followed…

The Apostle Paul, (or one of his disciples), writes in Ephesians 4:1-3: “I, therefore, a prisoner in the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing…

Remembering July 4th as our nation’s Independence Day, prompted me to write a GVP piece titled A NEW GUN INDEPENDENCE DAY. A reader was kind enough to thoughtfully respond. I am grateful for his honesty and courage to speak and pose questions. I…

The truth is, without guns the United States would not have become a nation. Great Britain was the dominant political and military force in the world. The British Empire was supreme and they were not about to allow this upstart skaggle of ragamuffins…