part 2:  but most of all the bishops need to examine their own complicity by their close ties with the GOP and the NRA.   do the bishops themselves have blood on their hands from this?  are various dioceses have investments in gun and ammunition making companies?   are they  complicit in other ways?  membership in the NRA for example?   are they leading by their example.  they can make statements without the least bit of meddling in the passing of civil law.