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Tag: Gun Control

My Kids

Until we address ‘toxic masculinity,’ Newtowns will continue to happen.

America’s Guns, the Golden Calf — James Atwood

As the golden calf gave the ancients a false sense of security, many twenty-first century Americans look for security in weapons. When our leaders are absent or fail us; when our God is invisible and from all appearances is absent from our lives; when we don’t know how we can keep going; when we are consumed by our fears and feel threatened by those who are not like us, those are the moments when new idols are imagined and fashioned and desperate people give them their ultimate concerns, devotion, and focused attention.