{"id":53553,"date":"2024-03-13T01:56:27","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T01:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/?p=53553"},"modified":"2024-03-25T18:47:39","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T18:47:39","slug":"guns-winter-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/2024\/03\/guns-winter-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Guns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-53554 img-fluid alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/FellowshipMagazine-Winter2024-low.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/FellowshipMagazine-Winter2024-low.jpg 612w, https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/FellowshipMagazine-Winter2024-low-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gun culture defines the United States. An estimated 400+ million guns are in the hands of U.S. civilians, and popular culture glorifies their use. Yet, while a majority of Americans say gun violence is a problem, we don\u2019t see real legislative action to address these issues. What can people of faith do to disrupt our nation\u2019s love affair with guns? What role does race play in this debate? How is U.S. foreign policy impacted? This issue of <em>Fellowship<\/em> magazine asks whether we can truly beat swords into plowshares, as the scriptures proclaim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every article in the print issue will be made available online over the next month. So stay tuned for more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-editorial\"><strong>Editorial<\/strong><br><br><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/2024\/03\/healing-will-never-come-from-the-barrel-of-a-gun\/\">Healing will never come from the barrel of a gun<\/a><\/strong><br>Rabia Terri Harris<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-features\"><strong>Features<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"grid-template-columns:40% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"647\" src=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/Stephen-Melkisethian-2022-March-for-Our-Lives-protest-in-DC-1-1024x647.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53581 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/Stephen-Melkisethian-2022-March-for-Our-Lives-protest-in-DC-1-1024x647.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/Stephen-Melkisethian-2022-March-for-Our-Lives-protest-in-DC-1-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/Stephen-Melkisethian-2022-March-for-Our-Lives-protest-in-DC-1-768x485.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/Stephen-Melkisethian-2022-March-for-Our-Lives-protest-in-DC-1-1536x971.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/Stephen-Melkisethian-2022-March-for-Our-Lives-protest-in-DC-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/2024\/03\/confronting-gun-culture\/\">Confronting gun culture<\/a><\/strong><br>James Zogby<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"grid-template-columns:40% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/steiner-lorie-schaull-national-walkout-day-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53582 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/steiner-lorie-schaull-national-walkout-day-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/steiner-lorie-schaull-national-walkout-day-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/steiner-lorie-schaull-national-walkout-day-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/steiner-lorie-schaull-national-walkout-day-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/steiner-lorie-schaull-national-walkout-day-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/steiner-lorie-schaull-national-walkout-day.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/2024\/03\/why-we-keep-trying-to-reject-gun-culture\/\">Why we keep trying to reject gun culture<\/a><\/strong><br>Robert Steiner<br><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"grid-template-columns:40% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"593\" src=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/Victoria-Pickering-Gun-violence-memorial-1024x593.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53583 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/Victoria-Pickering-Gun-violence-memorial-1024x593.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/Victoria-Pickering-Gun-violence-memorial-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/Victoria-Pickering-Gun-violence-memorial-768x445.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/Victoria-Pickering-Gun-violence-memorial-1536x890.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/Victoria-Pickering-Gun-violence-memorial.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/2024\/03\/in-guns-we-trust\/\">In guns we trust<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/2023\/01\/choosing-spiritual-activism-as-my-weapon-of-choice\/\"><br><\/a>Shane Claiborne<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:40% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"815\" src=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/Paul-M-Walsh-Klansman-1024x815.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53584 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/Paul-M-Walsh-Klansman-1024x815.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/Paul-M-Walsh-Klansman-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/Paul-M-Walsh-Klansman-768x611.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/Paul-M-Walsh-Klansman-1536x1222.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/Paul-M-Walsh-Klansman.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/2024\/03\/americas-deal-with-the-devil\/\">America\u2019s Deal with the Devil<\/a><br><\/strong>Marita Golden<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:40% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/1-Shooting-instructor-israel-defense-forces-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53586 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/1-Shooting-instructor-israel-defense-forces-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/1-Shooting-instructor-israel-defense-forces-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/1-Shooting-instructor-israel-defense-forces-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/1-Shooting-instructor-israel-defense-forces-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/1-Shooting-instructor-israel-defense-forces.jpg 2047w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/2024\/03\/gun-culture-israeli-style\/\">Gun culture, Israeli style<\/a><br><\/strong>Mitchell Plitnick<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:40% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/Iraq9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53610 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/Iraq9.jpg 960w, https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/Iraq9-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/Iraq9-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/2024\/03\/why-i-laid-down-my-gun-in-the-middle-of-a-war\/\">Why I laid down my gun in the middle of a war<\/a><\/strong><br><\/strong>Diana Oestreich<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-poems\"><strong>Poems<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/2024\/03\/too-many-tears\/\">Too many tears<\/a><br><\/strong>Milton Jordan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/2024\/03\/er-s-p-gsw\/\">ER S\/P GSW<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><br>Paul Hlava Ceballos<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-departments\"><strong>Departments<\/strong><br><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Book Reviews<br><\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/2024\/03\/bootstrap-justice-the-search-for-mexicos-disappeared\/\">Bootstrap Justice: The Search for Mexico\u2019s Disappeared<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/2024\/03\/bayard-rustin-a-legacy-of-protest-and-politics\/\">Bayard Rustin: A Legacy of Protest and Politics<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/2024\/03\/war-made-invisible-how-america-hides-the-human-toll-of-its-military-machine\/\">War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/2024\/03\/the-wall-between-what-jews-and-palestinians-dont-want-to-know-about-each-other\/\">The Wall Between: What Jews and Palestinians Don\u2019t Want to Know About Each Other<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/2024\/03\/i-surrender-a-memoir-of-chiles-dictatorship-1975\/\">I Surrender: A Memoir of Chile\u2019s Dictatorship, 1975<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/2024\/03\/building-up-a-new-world-congregational-organizing-for-transformative-impact\/\">Building Up a New World: Congregational Organizing for Transformative Impact<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/2024\/03\/track-ii-diplomacy-lessons-from-the-middle-east\/\">Track II Diplomacy: Lessons From the Middle East<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/2024\/03\/no-guilty-bystander-the-extraordinary-life-of-bishop-thomas-gumbleton\/\">No Guilty Bystander: The Extraordinary Life of Bishop Thomas Gumbleton<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>FOR voices<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/2023\/11\/netanyahu-amalek-war-gaza\/\">Bibi\u2019s Bible Lessons: How Netanyahu sells the Gaza War to the Jewish and Christian far right<\/a><strong><br><\/strong>Ariel Gold<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/2023\/10\/we-are-incomplete-without-each-other\/\">We are incomplete without each other<\/a><br>Graylan Scott Hagler<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>From our archives<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/2024\/03\/from-our-archives\/\">Police verses military<\/a><br>Leyton Richards<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/2024\/03\/recommended-resources\/\">Recommended resources<\/a><\/strong><br>Ethan Vesely-Flad<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/2024\/03\/memorials-winter-2024\/\">Memorials<\/a><br><\/strong>Ed Claflin<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-news-of-the-fellowship\"><strong>News of the Fellowship<\/strong><br><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/2024\/03\/for-usa-and-allies-host-emergency-summit-for-gaza\/\">FOR-USA and allies host Emergency Summit for Gaza<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/2024\/03\/opposing-nazi-hate-with-love-and-solidarity\/\">Opposing Nazi hate with love and solidarity<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/2024\/03\/new-book-on-bayard-rustin-published\/\">New book on Bayard Rustin published<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/2024\/03\/for-applauds-pope-franciss-support-for-same-sex-unions\/\">FOR applauds Pope Francis\u2019s support for same-sex unions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/2024\/03\/website-developer-brandon-pfeiffer-joins-the-for-team\/\">Website developer Brandon Pfeiffer joins the FOR team<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/2024\/03\/on-the-frontlines-for-a-ceasefire-in-gaza\/\">On the frontlines for a ceasefire in Gaza<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/2024\/03\/gathering-voices\/\">Gathering voices<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wagingnonviolence.org\/forusa\/2024\/03\/returning-to-my-roots\/\">Returning to my roots\u2028<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fellowship magazine&#8217;s Winter 2024 issue asks whether we can truly beat swords into plowshares, as the scriptures 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