![]() ![]() As Christians who have navigated political polarization in the U.S. Life and liberty are bedrock values of American civic life but one’s individual liberty must not violate the life and liberties of others. ![]() 41,000 people die from gun violence each year (that’s over 110 people each day). In 2022, there have been 216 mass shootings within the first 140 days of the year. In the U.S. In 2020, firearm related injuries reached a peak, becoming the leading cause of death for American children. For more than a decade, the number of civilian-owned guns has surpassed the number of people living in the United States. Since the Columbine shooting in 1999, over 311,000 students have experienced gun violence in their schools, a place where all students deserve to learn in peace and feel safe. He used 142 of those cartridges to kill 21 people at Robb Elementary School. In Uvalde, the lives of innocent children and adults were cut short by a man who was able to legally purchase two AR platform rifles and a total of 1,657 rounds of ammunition within days of turning 18. John Cheng who, on May 15, 2022, tackled the shooter at Irvine Taiwanese Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods, California, saving the lives of many of our elders, including his own mother.Īs we still grieve the lives lost in Buffalo and Laguna Woods, among many other mass shootings, the tragedy in Uvalde is yet another devastating alarm demanding that we address the dual crisis of complacency and complicity in our nation that continues to foster suffering at the hands of gun violence. May we never forget the names and faces of these precious fourth grade students who were brutally shot to death in their classroom on May 24, 2022.Īs we join the nation in lamenting over the loss of life in Uvalde, the Asian American Christian community continues to mourn and commemorate the life and bravery of Dr. ![]() They were killed in a place they trusted to be safe. We mourn with and pray for the grief-stricken parents of the innocent children, all between the ages of 9 to 11: Xavier Lopez, Jose Flores, Nevaeh Bravo, Ellie Garcia, Tess Mata, Alexandria “Lexi” Rubio, Jacklyn Cazares, Jailah Nicole Silguero, Jayce Luevanos, Miranda Mathis, Amerie Jo Garza, Makenna Lee Elrod, Layla Salazar, Maite Rodriguez, Annabell Rodriguez, Eliahana Cruz Torres, Rojelio Torres, Alithia Ramirez, and Uziyah Garcia. We grieve with and pray for the families of Eva Mireles and Irma Garcia, two courageous teachers of Robb Elementary School who were brutally killed by the gunman as they protected their students. We grieve the loss of precious lives in the community of Uvalde, Texas a horrific tragedy that comes on the heels of the shootings in Dallas, Buffalo, and Laguna Woods. XRP is used in its products to facilitate quick conversion between different currencies.The Asian American Christian Collaborative (AACC) laments alongside the families who are enduring the tragic and unfathomable loss of their loved ones in yet another mass shooting in our nation. Ripple is a global payments network and counts major banks and financial services institutions among its customers. ![]() Ripple operates on an open-source and peer-to-peer decentralized platform that allows for a seamless transfer of money in any form, whether it's dollars, yen, euros, or cryptocurrencies, like litecoin or bitcoin.
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