Gun Sense - Resources for Local Churches
The following is a brief list of online resources to assist your church in addressing issues surrounding guns and gun violence. Because “We Are One,” we seek to make this list one that is built in, and for, community.
Faith Resources
- What The United Methodist Church teaches about gun violence: “As followers of Jesus, called to live into the reality of God’s dream of shalom as described by Micah, we must address the epidemic of gun violence so ‘that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in God’s paths.’” - 2016 Book of Resolution
- Worship resources to respond in times of crisis
- Gun Violence 101 Cheat Sheet (GBCS)
- Resources for faith leaders responding to gun violence
- What other faith groups say about gun violence
- Addressing trauma in the wake of gun violence
Combatting Gun Violence
Second Amendment Advocacy
Opinion and Commentary to Prompt Discussion
- Statement from Bishop LaTrelle Easterling following the Las Vegas shooting
- Praying for comfort and demanding action – Rev. Susan Henry Crowe
- #WearOrange and Take Action for National Gun Violence Awareness Day
- Baltimore’s Gun Violence Paradox – Baltimore Sun
- Gun Violence is out of Control, Pugh says amid
spike in murders – Baltimore Business Journal - End the Gun Epidemic in American – The New York Times
- Why Gun Violence research has been shut down for 20 years – The Washington Post
Resources from Gettysburg for Gun Sense
The Rev. Judy Young of the BWC leads this group, which distributes safe gun storage and suicide prevention information; spreads awareness of our national gun violence epidemic and its tragic local results
- Handout: How Churches Can Help Prevent Gun Violence
- Hymn: God of Mercy
- Be Smart: Safe Gun Storage flyer (in English and Spanish)
- FAQs on gun violence worldwide and between US states
- A Tale of Two States
- Background checks: national charts
- U.S. Gun Violence Fact Sheet
- Video from Gettysburg for Gun Sense
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