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Los cristianos reflexionan sobre el tiroteo en el desfile del 4 de julio que se cobró 7 vidas

Por Bobby Ross Jr.
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Signs and flowers lie on the ground at a memorial for the seven shooting victims in the quiet Chicago, Illinois suburb of North Shore. (Photo: Audrey Jackson / The Christian Chronicle)

En una perezosa mañana del 4 de julio, Nicole Estes y su esposo, Steve, decidieron hacer un viaje rápido a Home Depot.

Before they could pull out of their subdivision on Chicago’s North Shore, they heard the sirens.

“Police were just flying by, and it was police from different communities,” said Nicole Estes, whose family attends the Northwest Church of Christ in Chicago.

The couple knew something major had happened. Perhaps a drowning at nearby Lake Michigan, one of them speculated. 

“I hope it’s not a mass shooter,” Steve Estes, an executive with Reynolds Consumer Products, told his wife.

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Unfortunately, his fear proved true.

Yet another American community — this time an affluent suburb about 25 miles north of Chicago — fell victim to a mass shooting.

A gunman with a semi-automatic rifle unleashed more than 80 rounds from a rooftop perch, killing seven people and wounding dozens more at Highland Park’s Fourth of July parade. Authorities have charged 21-year-old Robert “Bobby” Crimo III with seven counts of first-degree murder.

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Flowers left by visitors adorn a Highland Park, Ill., memorial for victims of the July 4 shooting. (Photo: Audrey Jackson / The Christian Chronicle)

“We’re in Highland Park often to eat,” said Nicole Estes, who lives a few miles away in Lake Forest, the community where Crimo was arrested hours after Monday’s shooting. “The little downtown area has the quaintest little shops, and it’s a sweet little town.”

But on the heels of recent shootings at a Taiwanese Presbyterian church in California, a supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y., y an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas — among other attacks nationwide — gunfire shattered the patriotic celebration by Illinois children and parents carrying tiny U.S. flags.

“It’s just a somber place to be right now,” Nicole Estes said of the Highland Park area. “Everybody is very sad. I mean, I go to the grocery store, and it’s just a little quieter than usual.”

In the leafy suburb of 18,000 people, yellow crime scene tape now surrounds the downtown area. Makeshift memorials feature messages such as “HP Strong” and “Prayers for HP.” Police from numerous departments patrol the restricted area, while investigators with FBI jackets work inside the tape. 

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Police officers guard the perimeter surrounding downtown Highland Park, Ill., where a mass shooting took place on July 4. (Photo: Audrey Jackson / The Christian Chronicle)

Maria Moore, who grew up in the McKnight Road Church of Christ (now known as McKnight Crossings) in St. Louis and later met her husband, Marc, at the Preston Road Church of Christ in Dallas, attends a nondenominational congregation in the North Shore area.

Moore and her family were swimming in a neighbor’s pool Monday night when law enforcement helicopters started fluttering overhead.

“We were like, ‘Do we need to go in our houses?’” said Moore, a 2000 graduate of Universidad Cristiana de Abilene in Texas. “But before we could even make that decision, we heard that the suspect had been captured — right at an intersection I am at multiple times a day.”

“You never think it’s going to happen in your neighborhood,” she said. “These communities here on the North Shore are very affluent — lots of famous people and athletes and that sort of thing have lived here. It’s very Mayberry type.”

The mother of a 14-year-old son and 9-year-old daughter, Moore said “it’s getting harder to really be able to say that we’re safe because you just don’t know anymore.”

As a person of faith, she is curious to see how her church will respond.

“Like I said, until you have it in your neighborhood, you don’t know how it’s going to affect you and how you’re going to react,” she said. “So it’s just kind of checking in on neighbors … letting them know that you’re here if they want to talk and stuff.”

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Signs and flowers lie on the ground at a memorial for the seven shooting victims in the quiet Chicago suburb. (Photo: Audrey Jackson / The Christian Chronicle)

Even before the Highland Park shooting, Nicole Estes — a person of deep faith whose daughters both have attended Universidad Freed-Hardeman in Henderson, Tenn., which is associated with Churches of Christ — had been praying for a solution.

“I personally have been praying about the mass shootings and about the gun issues because I don’t know what the answer is,” she told media.  “It’s a comfort because I know that our God is more powerful than Satan.

“It’s just sad, I think,” she said. “And I hate that our country looks like this to the rest of the world. We’ve always been this nation that’s under God, that everyone’s admired for the good that’s in America and the safety that’s in America. And now we have this happening. … It’s terrorizing to everyone.”

According to The Associated Press, the Highland Park suspect was able to purchase five guns legally despite previously trying to commit suicide and threatening to “kill everyone” in his family.

In a recent online survey, nearly 300 Crónica readers shared a wide range of strong opinions on the subject of guns. 

Among those who voiced his opinion was John Walker Moore, minister for the East End Church of Christ in East Hampton, N.Y.

“Whether guns kill people or people kill people,” Moore said of the mass shootings, “something must change … before we begin to believe this is normal, and acceptable, and an issue we can simply do nothing about.”

Esta historia fue publicada originalmente por La crónica cristiana.

Bobby Ross Jr. es columnista de Religion Unplugged y editor en jefe de The Christian Chronicle. Ross, ex escritor de religión para The Associated Press y The Oklahoman, ha informado desde los 50 estados y 15 naciones. Ha cubierto religión desde 1999.

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  1. Tragically, this scenario is becoming all too commonplace. So much so that we cannot remember which was the last one. And many do not believe it could happen in their sleepy little small town or leafy Chicago suburbs.

    We have a cultural sickness that prizes certain “rights” / “liberties” as being sacrosanct, even over and above the right to life– to live your life. There is no simple answer but we know where to start. Work together. Start limiting access to these types of weapons which are not needed to defend yourself or your home. Hold social media platforms accountable by reforming the law.

    The problems we have go way beyond your right to free speech or free assembly or your right to bear arms. Until we look at this, clear-eyed and sober and stop the misinformation / disinformation and corporate profits from death like this (yes, gun manufacturers, yes NRA Lobby, not what you once were but what you have become), we will continue to get this news. Over and over and over again.

    1. I’m afraid I’m missing your point, Neil.

      Maybe it’s that the USA’s ruling class has mastered the art of engineering/sponsoring many of these capstone events to shape public opinion in a way that steamrolls us towards the death of a supposed free society like the other “western” nations?

      Ever research municipal bonds and how those on Wall Street profit immensely after many of these “mass” shootings?

      1. Unfortunately, conspiracy theories being pushed by people like you, Marjorie Taylor Greene and other like minded people claiming that the Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax, 9/11 was a hoax and shootings in Las Vegas and Ulvade were a government set ups are becoming too commonplace in Evangelical American Christianity.

        It seems too many of us have put political ideology and expediency above what is true and right.

        Republican Congresswoman Loren Boebert has gone as far to claim that Jesus could have avoided being crucified if only he was armed with an AR15. She is supported by every Christian leader in Colorado Springs and made that statement from the stage at Charis Bible College. But not one word of rebuke from any of them.

      2. Unfortunately, conspiracy theories like this being pushed by Marjorie Taylor Greene and other like minded people claiming that the Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax, 9/11 was a hoax and shootings in Las Vegas and Ulvade were a government set ups are becoming too commonplace in Evangelical American Christianity.

        It seems too many of us have put political ideology and expediency above what is true and right.

        Republican Congresswoman Loren Boebert has gone as far to claim that Jesus could have avoided being crucified if only he was armed with an AR15. She is supported by every Christian leader in Colorado Springs and made that statement from the stage at Charis Bible College. But not one word of rebuke from any of them.

        1. “Brian Deese, Director of President Biden’s National Economic Council, was asked in a recent CNN interview, ‘What do you say to those families that say, listen, we can’t afford to pay $4.85 a gallon for months, if not years?’

          His answer? ‘This is about the future of the Liberal World Order and we have to stand firm.’”

          Greg, do you know what this “Liberal World Order” is?

          Three years ago people got frequently pegged with “conspiracy theorist” when they mentioned the New World Order being played out in front of our eyes. Now, not as many naysayers due to the events that have happened between now and then.

          Care to share how many hours you’ve put into researching the multitudes of inconsistencies coming from the authorities concerning the events you mentioned?

          Loving Jesus means we love truth no matter where it takes us, no matter if we are alone and not part of the masses and their group think.

  2. I hope the father of the alleged shooter will be charged. People who aid unstable people in purchasing firearms, as well as people who do not secure their firearms from mentally ill members of their household, should be held accountable in my view.

  3. We live in a culture that celebrates mental illness and then acts shocked when someone acts upon their urges.

    What if he was “born this way.”

    Shouldn’t he, like so many others, be allowed to live out his life as a reflection of his authentic self?

    Is mental illness something we only display PRIDE in when it only impacts the individual life of the proud.

    When that individual mutilates their own body, then it is considered something to celebrate, yet there is a line that is crossed when the actions of a mentally I’ll person takes the innocent lives of others.

    Two roads diverged in a wood and Faced with the choice the road we take will make all the difference.

    Until that time… I choose to arm myself and those I love against those among us who plot evil

  4. “Whether guns kill people or people kill people,” Moore said of the mass shootings, “something must change … before we begin to believe this is normal, and acceptable, and an issue we can simply do nothing about.”

    Guns kill people…

    In Japan there a couple deaths per year from guns.
    In Germany there a couple hundred killed by guns.

    With about 400 million guns in the U,.S., most need to be removed.

    In Germany this is how guns are controlled…

    Not unlike when you purchase a vehicle, you need to acquire a license, pass a vision and skills test, and you need to prove that you are able to lock up your guns securely. The police might come to your house unannounced to check that the weapons are locked away where you said they would be. Every five years, authorities will recheck that the reasons you needed a gun still apply.

    If you don’t know the whereabouts of your weapons or the police find them unsecured, they have the right to confiscate them. You’ll need to undergo training all over again if you hope to get them back.

    Yup, most Americans would fail the skills test….

    1. So if this individual was not able to get his hands on a gun and instead drove his car into the crowd and killed the same number of people would that be better? If someone is intent on killing simply removing one tool from their tool box won’t stop them. The Boston marathon bombers proved that. This kid was troubled for years and no one addressed the issue and now we blame the tool he used to commit his crime???

      1. If it were just as easy to use other means for these kinds of attacks then you would see numbers supporting that. We don’t.

      2. But Bill, that is not how it works in practice. Other countries have troubled kids, too. Compare the homicide rate per 100,000 from all causes in politically stable countries with similar social values other than on gun control. According to World Bank data: in the UK (with tight gun control) approx 1 per 100,000 per year; in the USA (with little gun control) approx 7 per 100,000 per year. You can find plenty of different figures according to the exact definitions and periods used for the statistics but USA is always the outlier among stable countries with similar social values. The big difference is in the number of gun deaths. Many US citizens needlessly lose their lives every year because of the political power of the gun lobby.

  5. Gordan is right. I can buy a AR15 and as much and many magazines and ammo as I desire and go do my thing. no training no nothing. I am a us marine. 13 weeks of boot camp. Every Marine goes thru the same training. Every day for 13 weeks I carried a m14 or m16. Practiced how to assemble and reassemble and how to clean and how to squeeze the trigger and how to hold the weapon. Of the 13 weeks, 6 wks. were spent in combat school and rifle range shooting hundreds upon hundreds of rounds of ammo. NOT BLASTING AWAY. but learning how to put rounds on target. As your final exam at the rifle range, if you couldn’t hit the target 70% of time at the 200 and 300- and 500-yard range sitting and standing and prone on the ground and kneeling, you had to repeat that week of testing with the next platoon coming thru. Now compare that to what your average American can buy and use with no training. It makes me sick. No reason for any type of magazine fed weapon for personal use. NO REASON NRA.

    1. So if you get your way and AR style rifles get banned and the next mass shooting is with a pump action shot gun will you be content that it wasn’t an AR style weapon that was used or will you then call for a ban on shot guns? I think I already know the answer. The banning of AR style weapons is just the starting point for those who want to ban all guns.

      1. Yes, Bill, that’s a logical conclusion, especially since most “mass” (no standardized definition) shootings involve handguns – 2/3 to 3/4 of them.

        Give me control of the mockingbird media, the banks, the state run educational schools, the college institutions, the social media platforms and I would guarantee I could convince the masses that table spoons should be outlawed because they are extremely dangerous to society, are evil (bigger payload), and kill more kids from obesity than teaspoons.

        https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=q_hGKT5FI78&feature=youtu.be

      2. Bill to read your response is sad. Before around the mid-seventies the AR15 or the equivalate M16 wasn’t available for civilian use. The banning of all unnecessary weapons that have only one use and that’s for massive killing should be banned. It takes about 50 seconds (if your fast) to reload 5 rd. pump or semi-automatic shotgun. It takes about 6 seconds (I know in the USMC we practiced reloading) to reload a 30-rd. magazine. while reloading a shotgun many options are available to the victims. Run like heck or swarm the nut and capture. try doing that with a full loaded 30 rd. banana clip AR15. There is no reason for a civilian that requires anyone for hunting or protection to own anything other than a pump or semi auto or single- or double-barrel shotgun or a lever action or single shot rifle or a max 7 rd. semi auto pistol or single or double action revolver. Those that insist on there right own a AR15 and any semi with a mag capacity of more than 5 to 10 rds. have issues that is best solved via counseling. The slippery slope is unfortunately an upward climb on what is next for a civilian to own because of some perversion of the 2nd amendment. How about a M60 machine gun with a 100-rd. belt of ammo?

        1. “The banning of all unnecessary weapons that have only one use and that’s for massive killing should be banned.”

          Gary, only one use, and no more? Who told you that? The ruling elite?

          Who gets to define what qualifies as “unnecessary”?

          Who gets to define what qualifies as a said “use”?

          Some very popular handguns (which are used to kill far more people than Ar15’s) can be used with a 50 round polymer drum magazine. Only one purpose for this too?

          Ever study the principle of natural law that says each person has the right to protect himself from others who are intent on inflicting bodily harm?

          A quarter of a billion people (slaves) were murdered by their own governments (masters) in the 20th century (university of Hawaii study…jury is still out for the 21st…looking even worse), and you are intellectually, morally, and rationally ok with passing laws that give evil present-day psychopathic governments an outrageous strategic advantage over your life and the ones you love?

          https://www.ammoland.com/2012/08/why-do-federal-agencies-need-1-billion-rounds-of-ammo/

          1. Kenly and Bill I truly feel sorry for you. this hung up on access to all kinds of weapons. Please re read what I said. You know what unnecessary? all weapons that allow for more than a max load of 5 rds. MX LOAD 5 RDS. that includes your 50 rd. drums for any weapon. I am truly amazed at the paranoia in thinking anyone that can stop you from having all the weapons and ammo you need is an assault on your rights. It’s sad but good luck it that. Me and my fellow veterans are always amazed at the people that crave these rights to own anything and unlimited stock of rounds are generally if not mostly non-veterans. maybe because we know this position that if the govt comes after us then somehow, we the people will rise up in some organized fashion and do battle in the streets. The people who attacked the capital were led by people who pumped them up them left them to fend for themselves. They were not patriots, and I would bet if they actually started some kind of true insurrection and the miliary and policy fought as if in war, the majority of the weapon carrying people would faint once they saw someone heads explode when hit by a few rounds. internet and paper war are not the same as actual war. but have fun with your fear.

        2. Gary Weigel,

          In 1933 a seventeen year-old could legally order a *fully automatic* Tommy Gun from the Sears catalog by mail. So, there. You are proven false yet again.

          It’s funny how there were no school or other mass shootings then.

  6. I was in the Waukesha holiday parade with my husband and 2 kids last November and we narrowly missed being hit by Darrell Brooks. I remember early on in the parade being uncomfortably aware of the large mass of vulnerable people. It seems as though evil loves to attack the vulnerable. There were so many people, and a parade is LOUD. Each entry has its own music and there’s almost no way to know what’s going on behind you. Darrell Brooks drove out of the parade route just a few yards behind us, as we heard police fire 3 shots at his car. The sound of gunfire in public is unmistakable. There is mass hysteria, like out of a movie.
    It wasn’t a gun that did the damage. It was someone who knew that a large group of vulnerable people was the best place to make a splash. I will never be able to wrap my mind around that kind of evil.

    1. Let me help you understand this evil. It starts with judges and courts who find honor in letting scum roam free. It’s followed by Christians and do gooders who have no bravery to say to someone that they have used up your good will in society and we, the citizens see no reason for you to live amongst us. And yes I am very much for the death penalty. Why should my taxes give someone three hots and a cot till they die of old age. The money can be better spent elsewhere. On better people. Now who am I to judge? I’m the person who could standing some place about to become a victim of some guilt ridden do gooders. Ask the people who died of that piece of garbage deserved more jail time than he got.

  7. Shocking news from the AP:

    “Assault weapon, assault rifle ‘politicized’ terms that media have to stop using, per AP Stylebook
    Gun terminology change could have huge impact on public debate….

    Thus, it is a really big deal that the Stylebook announced Wednesday that reporters should not use the terms assault weapon and assault rifle because they are:

    highly politicized terms which generally refer to AR- or AK- style rifles designed for the civilian market, but convey little meaning about the actual function of the weapon.“

    https://www.emilypostnews.com/p/assault-weapon-assault-rifle-politicized

    Gary, in regards to your comment that I am operating from a fear based mentality – there is a significant difference between emotional/irrational fear that is the engine that drives the train of thought (what govt wants), versus a healthy fear that is a product of a reflective study of history.

    No doubt I’m looking forwards to the Eternal Vacation the blood of Jesus purchased for sinners such as I, but in the meantime I will remain vigilant to protect myself and those I love from cunning tactics of evil governments.

    “Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.” William Pit the Younger

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