Gun Free Zones Make Us Less Safe, Not More
The Heidi St. John Podcast
Heidi St. John
4.8 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 27 May 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
On Tuesday, May 24th, a gunman opened fire at an elementary school in Ulvade, Texas, killing 19 students and two teachers. Sadly, this has become an all-too-common occurrence in our nation. As we grapple with how to respond, it’s important to acknowledge a simple truth: we have a spiritual problem of massive proportions in this country. We cannot legislate the human heart. Today I’ll be discussing the spiritual implications of this tragedy, and why I believe that “gun free zones'' will never be the answer to gun violence. SHOW NOTES
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, you guys, this is Heidi St. John. |
| 0:01.7 | Today is Friday, the 27th of May. |
| 0:04.3 | Thank you for joining me today. |
| 0:05.6 | It's always just an honor and a privilege for me to be piped into many of your kitchens |
| 0:10.4 | and your living rooms. |
| 0:11.8 | And I appreciate the opportunity today. |
| 0:13.2 | We're going to talk about some of the headlines notably a school shooting that took the lives |
| 0:17.9 | of so many children in Texas. |
| 0:20.2 | Stick around. |
| 0:21.2 | I think you're going to be encouraged. |
| 0:22.2 | All right. |
| 0:23.2 | So, as at the time of this recording, so this would be Thursday. |
| 0:33.4 | So I'm in the studio today recording for tomorrow. |
| 0:36.2 | But I wanted to touch on a couple of things that I've been talking about via social media |
| 0:41.4 | and certainly out on the campaign trail because we have been as a nation just living through |
| 0:46.6 | this terrible shooting now in Texas. |
| 0:48.7 | This has unfortunately become commonplace in the United States. |
| 0:54.4 | And of course, as soon as it happens, you see gun people who want to make it very, very |
| 1:01.4 | hard for Americans to own weapons. |
| 1:03.7 | People start talking about gun legislation and more gun control. |
| 1:07.3 | And then of course, the people that believe that the Constitution should be honored in |
| 1:11.1 | that the right of an American citizen to keep and bear arms should not be infringed. |
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