Gun Sense

The purpose of the Gun Sense Ministry Team is to empower Unity Church and its membership to be active citizens in this process of dialogue and creation of policy. If you would like to learn more about the work of this team, please contact Jo Lucas at jolucas41@comcast.net or Sandy Lucas at salucas60@gmail.com.

You Can Help Stop Gun Violence

With the Minnesota Legislature in session, the Gun Sense Team is redoubling its efforts at reaching out to our representatives to pass reasonable gun legislation. You can help! Currently, there are three bills moving through the legislature that would increase gun safety and decrease the misuse and violent use of guns in our state:

SF1117/HF15 — Sometimes referred to as the “Red Flag” law, this law gives law enforcement and family members permission to petition a court to prohibit people from temporarily possessing firearms if they pose a significant danger to themselves or others by possessing a firearm.

SF1116/ HF14 — Criminal background checks requirement for all firearms transfers.

SF916/ HF396 — Firearm and ammunition storage requirements establishment; locking device inclusion in each firearm requirement; criminal penalties establishment.

What can you do, right now?

Find your Senators and Representatives.
Call your Senators and Representatives and urge their support. Thank them if they already do!
Send your legislators a postcard referencing the above bills, and encourage their support. We will have postage-paid postcards at our table in the Parish Hall on April 2 and April 23 — or send your own!
Contact friends and relatives that live outside the metro area and ask them to urge their Senators and Representatives to support these bills.

For more information about Unity's Gun Sense Team, or to join a meeting, email gun-sense-ministry@googlegroups.com.

Join Protect Minnesota!

Each ministry team at Unity Church is required to partner with an organization outside of the church. Unity's Gun Sense Ministry Team partners with Protect Minnesota, the only independent state-focused organization working for reasonable gun safety policy solutions in Minnesota. We urge all of you to look at their website and to join the organization. We think that it is positive, focused and reliable.