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Gun Violence Archive

  A total of 276 mass shooting incidents have occurred this year in the U.S. as of October 7th.

 

 

1 John 3:15

“Anyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.”

 

 

Adam Kinziger, R-IL, October 5, 2017

  “These fully-automatic simulator devices have no place in civil society.”

 

 

Matthew 19:18

“Jesus replied, ‘You shall not murder’”

 

 

President Donald Trump, October 3, 2017

  “I think it’s now acknowledged what a great job we’ve done [helping Puerto Rico], and people are looking at that.”

 

 

Matthew 6:2

    “So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others.”

 

 

 

Exodus 20:13 

“You shall not murder.”

 

 

President Donald Trump, Twitter, September 25, 2017

  “Puerto Rico, which was already suffering from broken infrastructure & MASSIVE DEBT, is in deep trouble.”

 

 

Matthew 6:12

    “Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.”

 

 

President Donald Trump, Twitter, September 30, 2017

  “They [the leaders of Puerto Rico] want everything to be done for them when it should be a community effort.”

 

 

Philippians 2:3-4

    “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.”

 

 

U.S. Judge Nicholas Garaufis to the Justice Dept. not extending DACA work permit deadline, September 14, 2017

  “They work in industry and they’re making this country strong. You can’t come into court to espouse a position that is heartless.”

 

 

Romans 8:9

    “And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ.”

 

 

White House, Twitter, September 28, 2017

  “At [the Puerto Rican Governor’s] request, [President Trump] has authorized the Jones Act be waived for Puerto Rico. It will go into effect immediately.”

 

 

Galatians 6:2

    “Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.”

 

 

Dept. of Homeland Security, September 26, 2017

  DHS denied a request to waive shipping restrictions to help get fuel and supplies to storm-ravaged Puerto Rico.

 

1 John 3:17

    “If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person?”

 

 

President Donald Trump, Twitter, September 23, 2017

  If “Foreign Minister of North Korea … echoes thoughts of Little Rocket Man, they won’t be around much longer!”

 

Matthew 26:52

    “’Put your sword back in its place,’ Jesus said to him, ‘for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.’”