Using the Bible to sell guns is never OK
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Emma Fowle2022-05-30T16:20:00
The issue of gun control has long divided Christians in the United States and beyond. But when the gun company who made the weapon used to kill 21 people in a Texas school uses scripture to advertise their weapons, it’s time to speak up, says Emma Fowle
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