So Im guessing Guns is Churches will now be complusory

[brettdale]

People will be packing heat in every church, just the way Jesus wanted.

[Amera]

1. That would make it even more dangerous

More potential nuts with guns.

[Elmer1007]

5. Church security group

Not what happened here though. . Retired FBI agent stopped the threat.

[braddy]

6. The first man shot was going for his gun, which drew the shooter's attention to him and resulted in

his own death, but it contributed to the saving of the unknown number that would have been slaughtered if the gunman had been unopposed.

It's too bad the usher wasn't armed.

[UniteFightBack]

8. That man was very brave. nt

[braddy]

11. Yes, as someone who was prepared to save lives he probably knew that dying could be the part that he

could end up playing in the ongoing struggle of sheepdogs helping to protect others, against the wolves.

[spin]

15. In a gun fight you can do everything right and still end up dead. ...

I admire the man for being willing to sacrifice his life to save others.

[braddy]

2. We know that at least Peter was armed with Jesus, and I am armed in church.

[spin]

14. Same here. I rarely find myself in a church but when I do I am legally carrying. (n/t)

[USALiberal]

20. I do notice that people who carry guns love telling people they carry guns. Not sure why. nt

[spin]

23. Why not? It is not something to be embarrassed about. Plus...

I live in Florida where having a concealed weapons permit is very common.

There were 2,062,817 valid concealed weapons permits issued by the State of Florida as of November 30, 2019. Since 221,582 permits belong to people who live out of state, that means 1,841,235 residents can legally carry concealed. An estimated 11,736,378 people over the age 21 live in Florida. Therefore almost 16% of adult Florida residents have a carry permit.


References:

Concealed Weapons Permit/Firearm Holders by County
https://www.fdacs.gov/content/download/7502/file/cw_active.pdf


FL Demographic Statistics
https://www.infoplease.com/us/comprehensive-census-data-state/demographic-statistics-58

[Gothmog]

3. Not at my temple

[dalton99a]

4. Kick

Video of church shooting:
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/crime/article238811603.html

[jimlup]

7. At least in certain parts of our country ...

the whole thing is so &%@ing crazy that it amazes me.

[Zorro]

9. Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition

[UTUSN]

10. The "good guys with guns" canard (cops don't want random gun nuts running around)

This incident is like "winning" at gambling (once out of X tries)

[Ferrets are Cool]

12. Oh, FB is FULL of them crowing about this already...

they are puffing their ignorant chests out. Makes me want to

[moondust]

13. Some Texas official,

SoS or something, was interviewed on CNN and pooh-poohed the idea of gun control. What they never mention is that 10 minutes before the shooter opened fire he was still presumably considered a "good guy with a gun."

[safeinOhio]

16. Oh Ye of little faith.

If prayer doesn't work, why go to church?

[phylny]

17. Our pastors have made it a clear policy that our

church is “no weapons zone”.

[BuffaloJackalope]

18. This is a case of reaping what you sow.

If guns are everywhere, and you do nothing to prevent murderous psychopaths from getting them...

[Amishman]

19. We live in a sick world

Any sizable public gathering probably needs some sort of security

[dweller]

21. i believe i'll just stay at home

and pray in my gun closet ...
😑

✌🏼

[TheBlackAdder]

22. Mainline churches are adding Pentecost services because of a drop in attendance (tithings).

.

They are struggling to attract congregants, so many are hosting Classic & Contemporary versions of their church services.

Adding the fear of gunfire in a church will dissuade some from attending and the churches will be back where they were.

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