I reflected yesterday on how not to respond to the shocking murder of Charlie Kirk. We should not either try to demonise or whitewash and canonize him. He was neither monster nor angel. I do think it is permissible to talk about his legacy and it is absolutely right to engage with and critique his… Continue reading What not to say about Charlie Kirk’s murder
Tag: Gun Control
Guns, rights and exegesis
Sadly, there has been another horrific shooting at a US school. Far too frequently we hear of such terrible and tragic events in the United States and this prompts debate about gun controls. One of the arguments frequently made for not bringing in tighter controls is that Americans have a constitutional right to bear arms. … Continue reading Guns, rights and exegesis
Food from around the Worldwide web
With the horror of this week’s shooting in Texas there have been some confused and at times abhorrent responses to this. I respond to one particularly unhelpful one here whilst Steve Kneale writes here in response to Franklin Graham’s repeat of a frequent trope that the problem isn’t the guns it’s the people here. There’s… Continue reading Food from around the Worldwide web
A stupid and sickening response to the latest horrific shooting incident
This week brought the sad and horrific news of another terrible shooting at a High School in Texas with 19 children among those murdered. In the United States, there remains a strong pro-gun lobby and that includes many evangelical Christians. This is seen by them as a freedom issue. They rely on the second amendment… Continue reading A stupid and sickening response to the latest horrific shooting incident
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