Catholic Cardinal: "Give up your 2nd Amendment rights"

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Newark Cardinal Joseph Tobin says Americans should “voluntarily” give up their Second Amendment rights in order to achieve “peace” over “violence.”

Crux published Tobin’s comments, noting he admits Americans “have a Second Amendment right to bear arms” but he believes the right is eclipsed by “the responsibility to protect the innocent and to secure public safety and good order.”

Therefore, Tobin observed, “Let’s voluntarily set aside our rights in order to witness the truth that only peace and never violence, is the way to build a free society that is lived concretely in our homes, our neighborhoods, our communities, our nation and our world.”

In lieu of voluntary disarmament, Tobin also pushed for Catholics to contact their elected representatives and push for more gun control.

He said the achievement of additional gun laws are part of “[regulating] our behavior in order to protect the vulnerable and ensure the common good.”

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