May 06, 2016 by Noel Murray in Lists

Abigail Disney’s Documentary the Armor of Light Takes an Unusual but Illuminating Approach to the Gun Control Debate. in the Film, Reverend Rob Schenck — an Evangelical Christian Who Gained Some Cachet on the Right Decades Ago via His Leadership of Anti-Abortion Operation Rescue Rallies — Talks to Disney About How He’s Lost Support from His Old Friends by Suggesting That “Pro-Life” Should Also Mean Anti-Gun. for Schenck, It’s Obvious That Anyone Who Believes Human Life Is Sacred Would Also Be Against the Weapons That Shoot Others Dead. but After Decades of Close Ties Between the Nra, the Gun Manufacturers, and the Christian Right, Schenck Finds His Fellow Evangelicals Parroting the Idea That Firearms “Protect the Innocent. ” Even Harder for Schenck, the Goalposts Keep Moving for Gun Enthusiasts, from Mere “Self-Defense” to Active Vigilantism.

Noel Murray Is a Freelance Writer Who Has Contributed Regularly to the Dissolve, the A. V. Club, the Los Angeles Times, and Rolling Stone. He Lives in Arkansas with His Wife, Two Children, and a Tv That Is Never Off.

Nine Movies About Crises of Faith | the Armor of Light | Independent Lens

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