Group Lobbies Vatican to Recognize Gun Saint

A patron saint for handgunners? That's the distinction an Arlington, Va. group has in mind for St. Gabriel Possenti, who is credited with using a handgun to scare off a band of mercenaries terrorizing an Italian village more than 140 years ago. John Snyder, founder and chairman of The St. Gabriel Possenti Society, has been lobbying the Vatican since 1989 to make Possenti the patron of handgunners. "The Church recognizes holy men and women outstanding in various ways by designating them patrons or patronesses of these activities," Snyder said. "Law-abiding handgunners, and there are tens of thousands of them in the...