The bishops of the Archdiocese of Atlanta are urging both prayer and action following a September 4th shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia.
The shooting was perpetrated by a 14-year old boy who took the lives of four people: two other 14-year-old students and two teachers. Nine others were injured and hospitalized.
The bishops' statement reads in part:
We cannot and will not stand by and silently accept that tens of thousands of people dying by gun violence each year is simply part of life in the United States. Nor can we accept excuses from political leaders that there is nothing that can be done. To do nothing is to be complicit in the violence.
The statement continued urging politicians to enact “common sense gun safety legislation” to prevent firearms from getting into the hands of those with violent intentions.
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