All forms of violence are detestable. God deplores violence. Jesus calls us to be peacemakers.
Guns make violence more deadly and more frequent. For example, domestic violence turns more deadly when guns are involved. Firearms are the most common method of suicide in countries where guns are prevalent in private households, according to data collected by the World Health Organization.
Data collected from the Small Arms Survey show armed violence contributes to crime, human trafficking, drug trafficking, gender-based violence, racial and ethnic conflicts, systemic economic inequities, persistent unemployment, and human rights abuses among other social problems.
According to the U.S. Government Accountability Office, 70 percent of the guns used in crimes in Mexico were illegally trafficked from the United States. Similarly, 90 percent of all illegal rifles seized in 2013 in the Philippines were from the United States according to the Small Arms Survey. The Arms Trade Treaty, passed by the United Nations in 2013, if ratified and enforced, would help prevent arms from being traded across international borders into dangerous areas.
If we hope to end the scourge of gun violence, we need to have a cultural shift as well as a policy shift.
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