The St. Gabriel Possenti Society, a Catholic group based in Arlington, Va., promotes self-defense through gun ownership and is named after a Catholic seminarian in Italy whose “marksmanship and proficiency with handguns single-handedly saved the village of Isola” from a band of Garibaldi’s nationalist soldiers in 1860. The group claims Possenti as the patron saint of “handgunners.” John Snyder leads the society.
Website | http://www.possentisociety.com |
Email address | gundean@aol.com |
Phone number | 202-239-8005 |
Categories | Beliefs & practices, Church & state, Congregations, Government & politics, Law & courts |
Locations | United States of America, Virginia |
Faiths | Catholicism |
Languages | English |