Religion has had a stranglehold on society for millennia, and now that their power is slowly fading away as people turn away from it they are lashing out.
They're too short-sighted to see that this behavior is only going to push more people away from them and hasten their decline.
In Texas there are lots of churches where members proudly open carry. They're the same people with the "we don't call 911 in this house" yard signs. They desperately want to kill somebody.