This guy has been keeping track:wgoforth wrote: I'm a church minister as well, as yes, churches tend to attract desperate people. Sometimes desperate for the Word...other times for alcohol, drugs, emotional/menta help..and these can quickly become violent when turned down or offered the help they didn't want. I am speaking to a group of preachers in Oct on the subject of church security. Although not publicized unless it is large numbers, there are on the avg of over 100 church shooting a year..and does not include other forms of violence and theft.
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Deadly Force Incidents (DFI's) at Faith-Based Organizations in the United States (includes abductions, attacks, suspicious deaths, suicides and deadly force intervention / protection)
DATA CURRENT for time period 1/1/1999 through 8/15/11
TOTAL INCIDENTS = 475
NUMBER OF DFI's WHERE THE "ATTACK RESULTED IN DEATH OF OTHERS" (ARDO) = 201 or 42.32%