From ABC-The spiritual leader of the world's 80 million-strong Anglican Communion threw his support behind stricter gun laws in the U.S. on Saturday, saying the easy availability of powerful weapons drew vulnerable people toward violence.
Rowan Williams, who is stepping down from his role as the archbishop of Canterbury at the end of the year, referred to the recent massacre of 26 children and staff at a school in Newtown, Connecticut.
Williams said it was hard to get into the spirit of Christmas given the "lives cut so brutally short and of the unimaginable loss and trauma suffered by parents." He made the comments on BBC radio program "Thought for the Day," a slot devoted to religious perspectives on life and current affairs.
Williams acknowledged that gun control was a sensitive issue in the U.S., but said the firepower that weapons manufacturers were putting at Americans' disposal made such massacres more likely.
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