Date
and Time: Saturday, June 15, 2013, 8:30 –
10:30 AM
Location:
Lewinsville Presbyterian Church Sanctuary
1724
Chain Bridge Road, McLean, VA
Topic:
Gun
Violence and Gospel Values -
Possible
Church Responses
The
Speaker will be
Rev.
J. Herbert Nelson
Director
of the Office of Public Witness
Presbyterian
Church (USA), Washington, DC.
The massacre of 20 children and six adults at the Sandy Hook Elementary
School got everybody's attention, but how many Americans realize that we have
much higher rates of gun violence than any other modern country in the world?
What about the over 30,000 Americans who die from guns every year, one by one,
unnoticed? Over half of them are suicides. Guns are very efficient tools for
death. How should we balance the constitutional right to bear arms as
established by the Supreme Court against the huge toll in life and injury in
which guns play a role? How can the church play a constructive
role?
Following the simple continental breakfast, Rev. Nelson will talk about
the magnitude of gun violence in America, attitudes toward guns in American
culture, the constitutional issues, the politics and economics of gun sales,
legislative efforts at gun control, and the position of our denomination on
these issues.
We also expect to have comments from a Presbyterian member of the
National Rifle Association.
Everyone is invited to this free breakfast. Tell your neighbors and
friends. Contact the church for details or directions, 703-356-7200, or Ray
Martin, 703-556-0123, email martinrs@aol.com. An RSVP is not required, but is
helpful.
