# @breyeschow on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn1szPasgNJ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/18916956-breyeschow-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-01-25T13:01:07.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Bruce Reyes-Chow (@breyeschow) — https://gondola.cc/breyeschow

## Caption

FULL POST ON @PATREON

Honestly, I could barely get myself to reflect on the 48 hours of mass shootings that swept into the public view this past week: #MontereyPark, CA; #BatonRouge, LA; #DesMoines, IA; #HalfMoonBay, CA; and the knowledge the so many other shooting events receive very little attention. Hearing the details and watching the speculation, punditry, and hot take attempts, while well-intentioned, for many of us who have been impacted directly by gun violence, this weekend was exhausting. 

All I could muster were these words for this week's Weekly Word. This is not an invitation to debate — I will delete comments on all platforms that reinforce a culture of violence — I only offer one lens through which we can look at the complexity of gun violence and how to keep fighting to lessen the presence and use of guns while trying to curb our cultural worship of gun culture.

It felt good to craft the words, but also maddening how we as a society choose to address (or not address) gun violence.
 
Guns

Shots are fired and fired and fired again.
Again, created and beautiful bodies bleed.
And again, we scream to God, "Why?!?!" 

Sometimes it's about racism and
  or about religion and
  or about queerphobia and
  or about misogyny
  or about mental health and
  or about money and
  or about passion and/or...

But it's always about guns. 

It's always about violence and death.
It's always about loss and sorrow.
It's always about destroying the holy within.

We worship guns more than we love God.
God forgive us.
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Thanks to #Patreon supporters who underwrite my time. Feel free to share, repost, tweet, and use as you feel moved, and tag @breyeschow on the socials.

For all the links visit my #Patreon via the #LinkInBio.

#weeklyword #motivation #prayer #prayers #faith #community #words #guns #gunviolence #guncontrol #guncontrolnow

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bruce Reyes-Chow | @breyeschow | https://gondola.cc/breyeschow | Writer/Author |

## Tags

faith, linkinbio, community, patreon, desmoines, prayers, guncontrol, prayer, guns, gunviolence, batonrouge, guncontrolnow, words, motivation, halfmoonbay, weeklyword, montereypark

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