Religious leaders attending the U.S. Gun Violence Prevention Sabbath Weekend called for a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, organizers said.
Religious leaders from across the United States meeting at the Washington National Cathedral also called Saturday for more attention to poverty-related problems underlying gun violence in inner cities, The Washington Post reported.
The meeting, part of a four-day "gun violence prevention sabbath," was broadcast via a live Web stream to about 400 U.S. congregations, including some that held similar events locally, organizers said.
Several of the religious leaders said they had a unique perspective on the gun issue from years of burying shooting victims and comforting their families.
Others said their political strength stemmed from their diverse backgrounds -- Christians, Jews, Muslims, Sikhs and Hindus -- that straddled political party lines, while several compared religious leaders' role in the gun debate to that in the civil rights movement.
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