| Resolution Number: | 2000-B007 | |
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| Title: | Request the Removal of Handguns and Assault Weapons | |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Amended | |
| Final Text: | ||
Resolved, That the 73rd General Convention request members of the Episcopal Church of the United States of America to acknowledge that the violence in our communities is encouraged and enabled by the presence of guns; and be it further
Resolved, That this Convention call upon all members of the church to work intentionally in their several committees, legislatures, and institutions toward the removal of handguns and assault weapons from our homes, other residential communities, and vehicles.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Denver, 2000 (New York: General Convention, 2001), p. 325. |
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