“We have become a nation that is more focused on the right to kill than the right to live.” This is how California Gov. Gavin Newsom responded to the mass shooting in Allen, Texas, as he criticized Congress for not passing gun control reform. However, given his passionate support for elective abortion and efforts to bring women from other states to California’s abortion clinics, pro-life supporters like me find his statement tragically ironic.
At least eight people were killed at a Dallas-area outlet mall on Saturday by a man who was a suspected neo-Nazi sympathizer.
A man who fatally shot three people at a church potluck in Alabama last year has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.
A man suspected of killing five of his neighbors in Cleveland, Texas, was finally captured on Tuesday following a four-day manhunt.
At least five people in Texas were killed on Saturday by a gunman armed with an AR-15-style rifle. The suspect is on the run and, as of Monday, remains at large.
Brent Leatherwood, the president of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, signed a letter this week to Tennessee legislators endorsing the proposal by Gov. Bill Lee, who asked the Tennessee House and Senate to pass an “order of protection law” that would separate “dangerous people from firearms.”
Chicago’s mayor says the city’s weekend problem with downtown violence and crime can only be fixed by parents instilling values in their children at home. Hundreds of teenagers and young adults gathered downtown over the weekend, including at the city’s famous Millennium Park, where some engaged in “reckless and disruptive behavior” and were arrested, Chicago police told Channel 5.
Nine adults and six children were arrested late Saturday night. Two tweens in the middle of a large crowd around State and Madison streets were shot. A 14-year-old boy was shot at 31st Street Beach during a similar gathering on Friday.
Cars were damaged on both evenings. Channel 5 said it pulled its TV crew from the area due to fears for the employees’ safety. Police were outnumbered, the station said.
The report by the Family Research Council found 69 acts of hostility against churches between January and March – approximately three times the number that was recorded during the first three months of 2022.
If you have the feeling this morning that no one is immune from such violence, you’re right. How can we respond biblically to such evil?
The shooting occurred Monday morning in Louisville, KY. Eight people are being treated for injuries, however a motive has not yet been released by police.
