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 |