Gun Violence

60 Years Ago: MLK’s Letter from Birmingham Jail – A Reading

April 16, 2023

General, Global, Gun Violence, Interfaith, Peace & Nonviolence, Politics, Practical Justice, Race

60 years ago today, Dr. King wrote his letter from the Birmingham jail. It speaks to the moment we are living in right now. A few years ago @RedLetterXians faith leaders read it in its entirety… check it out he...

Christ, Not Guns: A Reflection on the Nashville Shooting

Shane Claiborne

March 31, 2023

Death Penalty, General, Gun Violence, Interfaith, Peace & Nonviolence, Practical Justice, Revival

It happened again. This time, 6 people were killed, three of them 9-year-old children. Gun violence has hit nearly every community in our country – from small towns like Hesston, KS to large cities like Orlando...

Greeting the Prince of Peace 10 Years After Sandy Hook

RLC Editor and Shane Claiborne

December 22, 2022

General, Gun Violence

Editor's Note: This piece originally appeared in Religion News Service. The Christmas season makes room for commemorations of violence done against the innocent. It’s now been 10 years since the shooting at S...

The Shooting in Buffalo Happened within a Context of Complicity with White Supremacy

Jemar Tisby

December 14, 2022

Gun Violence, Race

Editor’s note: this piece first appeared on the RLC blog on May 16, 2022. On Saturday, May 14, 2022 a young man entered a grocery store in predominantly Black neighborhood in Buffalo, New York and opened fir...

It’s been a week since the Club Q shooting. Let’s not move on.

Shane Claiborne

December 1, 2022

General, Gun Violence, LGBTQ+, Peace & Nonviolence, Race

Note: This piece originally appeared in Religion News Service. The LGBTQ community continues to bear a disproportionate amount of hateful gun violence in America. It has been a week since the Club Q shooting ...

Statement regarding Parkland School Shooting Jury Recommendation

Sharon Risher

October 13, 2022

Death Penalty, Gun Violence

I offer my prayers and love to the families, co-victims and survivors of all of those killed and injured in the Parkland school shooting. As I watched the hearing this morning I remembered sitting in a...

This School Year We Should Get Curious rather than Punitive When it Comes to Kids, All Kids

Emily Jones

August 30, 2022

Family and Parenting, Gun Violence, Practical Justice, Race

Scripture tells the story of a 12-year-old Jesus who slipped off without the courtesy of a quick word to Mother Mary or Stepfather Joseph about where he was going or how late he was staying out. His parents ass...

Faith leaders attend White House celebration of gun control law

Adelle M. Banks and Jack Jenkins

July 12, 2022

Gun Violence, Politics

"Claiborne added that he understood that the bipartisan legislation 'is the most substantial gun reform bill that we’ve seen in 30 years. But what we also heard is how dysfunctional our political process is — because there’s so much more that’s needed.'"

Sharletta Evans: Pioneer of Restorative Justice (Excerpt from Beating Guns)

Shane Claiborne

June 23, 2022

Gun Violence

Sharletta’s story of forgiveness and extensive work to offer the opportunity for restitution and restoration for offenders is awe-inspiring. It’s an example of what it looks like to no longer learn how to make war. It’s what we’re called to do when we choose to carry a plow instead of a gun.