{"id":20457,"date":"2023-01-21T16:20:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-21T22:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/?p=20457&preview=true&preview_id=20457"},"modified":"2023-01-21T16:17:07","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T22:17:07","slug":"washington-d-c-tries-new-approach-to-gun-homicides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/religion\/washington-d-c-tries-new-approach-to-gun-homicides-20230121","title":{"rendered":"Washington D.C. Tries New Approach To Gun Homicides"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Washing<\/mark>ton, D.C., faces a record-high level of gun violence. It is the second year in a row that our nation’s capital has seen over 200 homicides. How to slow down the violence is the question.<\/p>\n

There is a new campaign of violence prevention being promoted by activists with Anacostia Coordinating Council.<\/span> Contrary to popular opinion, it is not all about gun control. In place of that, the group plans to post posters throughout the city with the Bible’s Sixth Commandment – “You shall not kill.”<\/p>\n

Several lessons have been learned from the past, according to Philip Pannell, the group’s executive director. \u00a0He<\/span> clarified by saying,<\/p>\n

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Around 30 years ago, at the height of the crack epidemic, when we were also experiencing violence and homicides, then at-large Council member William Lightfoot<\/u> printed-up some \u2018Thou shalt not kill\u2019 posters and put them throughout the city [1]<\/sup><\/a>.<\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Even now, D.C.’s Democrat<\/span> mayor Muriel Bowser is providing 1,000 posters.<\/p>\n

Genesis 9:6 says, \u201cWhoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in His own image [2]<\/sup><\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Time will tell if the Bible will have an effect on our nation’s capitol.<\/p>\n

Notes:<\/h4>
  1. ^<\/a>https:\/\/theworldview.com\/?s=washington+dc (go back  ↩)<\/a><\/li>
  2. ^<\/a>https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Genesis+9%3A6&version=KJV (go back  ↩)<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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