Updated: Nov 12, 2013 5:33 AM PST
By FOX NEWS -
A wave of gun violence in
Detroit has prompted local church leaders to inundate the city with
"Thou shalt not kill" posters and billboards in hopes of quelling the
violence.
A coalition of clergy leaders
held an emergency meeting on Nov. 7 to develop a plan to promote the
message of the Sixth Commandment in the community, WWJ-TV reported.
“We
all have to do what we can do, and right now we don’t have a respect in
our communities for life; we don’t have a respect for many things,” a
local minister, Ovella Andreas, told the station. “But we still have to
create a standard to hopefully have a consciousness about God …. because
even our people have become apathetic.”
The
group, which spearheaded efforts to get the city to designate the 22nd
day of each month as “Stop the Violence Day,” hopes to saturate the
community with the campaign by placing posters on the sides of buses,
billboards and at area businesses.
“This is
an emergency; this is a crisis, and we have to come together now to do
what we can,” Andreas told WWJ-TV. “I truly know if we do what we can,
God will do what we cannot; but we’re not doing all that we can.”
Last
week, three men were fatally shot in a back gambling room of an east
side barbershop. Authorities have identified a convicted felon as a
person of interest and believe the shooting may have stemmed from an
ongoing feud.
On Monday, the autopsy on a
19-year-old woman killed on a suburban Detroit porch where she'd
reportedly gone to seek help after a car crash confirmed that she died
of a gunshot wound to her face.
Renisha
McBride, of Detroit, who was black, was fatally shot Nov. 2 in
predominantly white Dearborn Heights. Civil rights groups have called
for a vigorous prosecution in the case, saying McBride was targeted
because of her race.
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Those damn fundamentalists are at it again! Notice how they didn't blame the guns... They blamed the apathy... something that is, IMHO, promoted by and is all to common in progressivism. 'Progressives' will tell you differently but when high moral standards can't be voiced as it is 'fundamentalist hate', they are pushing apathy. And progressives will raise their voices in condemnation of this 'religious interference' as they push their own conscious killing dogma.
Yes people kill not guns but people use guns to kill. It is a tough question. That's why as a progressive I for one don't want to tramp on the right to bear arms but we need to know who is bearing those arms and in todays world we don't. I am for stronger background checks and on all gun sales. We have had what 3-4 school and mall shooters here in the last few weeks, all troubled individuals who shouldn't have a firearm. When you have the answer to that on the right, you will win the gun rights battle. Otherwise the battle continues. It's all we want some damn controls on who has them, and TS everyone doesn't need the right to own a firearm. Many are evil troubled individuals no matter how few and far between and judging by the last few weeks the crazies seem to be more prevalent then we want to think. Answer that, how to keep the guns out of those peoples hands and you win the argument.
ReplyDeleteNote to the church..........Animals can't read.
ReplyDeleteExcellent point !
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