Um, yes.

That would be St. Gabriel Possenti — if a group of “handgunners” gets its way. CNS posted a brief item about their efforts to have him declared their patron saint, and that led me to this website — gunsaint.com — which tells his story and provides some interesting links.

I was especially struck by the group’s logo — surely the only image of a saint that contains a pistol.

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