Senate Chaplain Barry C. Black has called for action from lawmakers in the wake of a deadly shooting at an elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee. Six people, including three children, were killed in the shooting, which has reignited the debate over gun control.
“Lord, when babies die at a church school, it is time for us to move beyond thoughts and prayers,” Black said during his opening prayer on Tuesday, March 28. “Remind our lawmakers of the words of the British statesman Edmund Burke. All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing. Lord, deliver our senators from the paralysis of analysis that waits for the miraculous.”
This mass shooting was uniquely intertwined with religion, as it took place at a private Christian elementary school.
Sen. Josh Hawley has condemned the shooting as a hate crime and called for a federal investigation.
“This murderous rampage, this taking of innocent life was a horrific crime, but more specifically, it was a hate crime,” Hawley said. “A crime that, according to Nashville police, specifically targeted — that’s their word — targeted the members of this Christian community, the members of this religious institution, its students, its educators, its employees.”
While police say the attack appeared to be targeted, they have not yet determined the shooter’s motivation. The shooter, identified as Audrey Hale, was 28 years old and transgender.
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