“We have put our heads in the sand” | Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston calls for gun reform

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- The Diocese of Wheeling–Charleston is calling for gun reform, including an outright ban on assault weapons.

In a statement on Nov. 22 responding to the mass shooting that happened Saturday at a night club in Colorado Springs, Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston Mark E. Brennan wrote, “This is not the America I grew up in” and that “the proliferation of guns is a strong contributing factor to the surge of violence in our communities.’

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Brennan also urged stronger criminal and mental health background checks and an outright ban on assault weapons.

Bishop Brennan said pious words lamenting mass shootings have lost all credibility.

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