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Newark Cardinal Asks Americans to Voluntarily Forgo Right to Guns
Crux ^ | 6/1/23 | John Lavenburg

Posted on 06/04/2023 6:10:32 PM PDT by marshmallow

NEW YORK – Amid a mounting debate in America over the constitutionality of gun control, Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark has entered the fray with a different argument: That people should voluntarily forgo their Second Amendment rights for the betterment of society.

“I honestly believe it is the best thing we can do to change the culture of violence that threatens us today,” Tobin said.

“Let’s voluntarily set aside our rights in order to witness the truth that only peace and never violence, is the way to build a free society that is lived concretely in our homes, our neighborhoods, our communities, our nation and our world,” he said.

Tobin made the plea in a recent letter, “Pray for an end to all instances of violence,” where he calls on community leaders and Catholic bishops, himself included, to call for a “synodal effort” to actively resist gun violence. He proposed a threefold process that includes prayer and work, advocacy, and voluntary self-restraint from the Second Amendment.

The letter, published May 26, is the latest call to action amid a spate of mass shootings in recent months. May 30 marked the 150th day of 2023, over which time there have been 263 mass shootings – incidents with four or more people shot – that have led to 327 deaths.

Both figures are records for this early in the year.

Memorial Day weekend was especially violent. Nationwide there were at least 20 mass shootings that left 16 people dead, and at least 80 more injured.

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To: marshmallow

What an insufferable moron.


61 posted on 06/04/2023 8:00:24 PM PDT by nwrep
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To: marshmallow

Go back to buggering your peers. And leave the little boys alone. Worthless pos.


62 posted on 06/04/2023 8:05:21 PM PDT by AlaskaErik (There are three kinds of rats: Rats, Damned Rats, and DemocRats.)
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To: marshmallow

During the persecution of the Catholic Church in Mexico in the first part of the 20th Century most of the priests carried pistols to protect themselves. This cardinal is a birdbrain.


63 posted on 06/04/2023 8:07:57 PM PDT by bunkerhill7 (`)
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To: kiryandil

Look Padre, just go back to the 5th commandment, Thou Shall Not Murder, and if they cannot follow that, you are just wasting words.

Not murdering people is voluntary, that is what free will is about.


64 posted on 06/04/2023 8:13:43 PM PDT by Titus-Maximus (The trouble with socialism is that you soon run out of other people's zoo animals to eat.)
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To: marshmallow

How about asking criminals to stop robbing, beating, thieving, raping, stealing, trying to kill and murdering people?


65 posted on 06/04/2023 8:25:41 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS!)
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To: marshmallow
Ah, the ever-rancid Tobin, he of the "Nighty-night, baby. I love you." tweet…
66 posted on 06/04/2023 8:32:57 PM PDT by Yossarian
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To: marshmallow

This would be much more effective if the criminals go first.


67 posted on 06/04/2023 8:36:53 PM PDT by Interesting Times (This space for rent.)
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To: marshmallow

For the good of the First Amendment, he should shut up.


68 posted on 06/04/2023 8:54:50 PM PDT by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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To: marshmallow

Newark? I want lots of what this clown is drinking.


69 posted on 06/04/2023 9:25:07 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (Figures )
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To: marshmallow

No thank you but thanks for asking. :)


70 posted on 06/04/2023 10:18:01 PM PDT by Irenic
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To: marshmallow

Those who beat their swords into plowshares shall most certainly plow for those who don’t do the same.


71 posted on 06/05/2023 12:45:07 AM PDT by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't. )
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To: marshmallow

when a local field office official of a foreign government implores American citizens “ to give up their 2nd Amendment rights”, there should be a resounding “NO!”

(foreign government ...why do we have an official embassy at their capital if they are not a foreign government?)


72 posted on 06/05/2023 1:39:43 AM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: kiryandil

Agreed the holy joeis a booger eating moron.Thr 20th century is known as the century of the open masss grave for a reason. Also the folks who filled those mass graves were government agents just following orders of duly elected politicians. Getting stood at the edge of a open mass grave &getting shot in the back of the head by a federal employee is not on my list of stuff to do ! Why is it on the priests wish list& why does he want his congregation together the same treatment


73 posted on 06/05/2023 2:08:39 AM PDT by Nebr FAL owner (Treason is the reason for Democrat Sedition & Subversion)
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To: marshmallow

Nah. I’ve chosen instead to forego church. I’ll be keeping my guns, thanks.


74 posted on 06/05/2023 3:47:20 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: kiryandil

Muddle-headed moron


75 posted on 06/05/2023 3:53:04 AM PDT by COBOL2Java ("Life without liberty is like a body without spirit." - Kahlil Gibran)
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To: marshmallow

Hey buddy, put some skin in the game. Go to south Chicago and preach this at 2am on a corner some weekend. I double dog dare ya.


76 posted on 06/05/2023 4:53:19 AM PDT by IAGeezer912 (One out of every 20 people on the face of the earth are Americans. We have won life's lottery.)
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