Check our June 2025 Prayer-Study-Action resource.

Watch the webinar with Shane Claiborne held on May 18, 2024

In the wake of several memorable acts of gun violence early in 2023, including the mass shooting in Nashville, TN, the Pax Christi USA National Council decided to form a gun violence prevention working group. The group’s particular emphasis is exploring the root causes of gun violence in our society, analyzing its etiology through both an intergenerational and multi-cultural lens.

The members of this working group are active in their local groups, and meet together monthly to share ideas on the different ways to spread the message of nonviolence and impact both state and federal legislation pertaining to the passage of common-sense gun laws.

Another important focus of the group is education. Members are reading American Carnage by Thomas Gabor and Fred Guttenberg. Based on studies done on gun violence, this book shatters the myths that are often substituted for truths by those who want to promote the unregulated use of guns in our society.

For more information about the Pax Christi USA gun violence prevention working group, contact Sherry Simon at sherrysimon0320@gmail.com.

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