In light of the tragic mass shooting in Uvalde, TX, people all over are asking: "What are we going to do to stop this?!" One of the big questions is over firearms and specifically what their role should be in America. This is the gun control debate.

On this episode, we pose the question, "Should Christians support gun control?" Who is ultimately responsible? Would tighter gun control laws have kept this shooting from happening? Would a criminal find a way to do it regardless of the law? What does the Bible say about weapons and defense of oneself. Similar to a podcast we did a couple years ago about carrying a firearm, we speak to the gun control debate, using Scripture and statistics, to walk through a very controversial issue. **To be clear, we all believe these shooting to be tragic and want them to stop. People will disagree on how to make this happen and that's the interesting part of the debate.**

The 17:17 podcast is a ministry of Roseville Baptist Church (MN) that seeks to tackle cultural issues and societal questions from a biblical worldview so that listeners discover what the Bible has to say about the key issues they face on a daily basis. The 17:17 podcast seeks to teach the truth of God's Word in a way that is glorifying to God and easy to understand with the hope of furthering God's kingdom in Spirit and in Truth. 

Scriptures: Matt. 15:19; Eccl. 9:18; Psa. 140:1-2, 4; Jam. 4:1; Gen. 4:12; Psa. 82:4; Exo. 22:2; Neh. 4:16-18; Ezek. 33:1-6; Rom. 13:1-4.

Statistics: UCR.FBI.gov; https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3887145; https://crimeresearch.org/2018/06/more-misleading-information-from-bloombergs-everytown-for-gun-safety-on-guns-analysis-of-recent-mass-shootings/

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 "Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth." - John 17:17