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magillapd wrote:I was talking with my wife about carrying at church. She said it was stupid that nothing ever happens at a church. After this story hit I showed it to her. She didn't say anything, but I know she knows I'm right. As soon as I get my IWB holster, I will be carrying most everywhere I go.

1) just have her Google "church shooting"
2) nothing ever happens at Universities, schools, nor Fort Hood either, that's why soldiers aren't allowed to be armed there; and guns are illegal in Mexico, it's a "gun-free zone", therefore totally safe since nothing ever happens there, it couldn't happen here ... http://tijuana.usconsulate.gov/tijuana/warning.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Partial list of church shootings: http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2009/03/ch-list.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

That "I am not going to a neighborhood that would require me to carry" mindset assumes that a robber prefers the little bit of money he'd get in a poverty stricken neighborhood over the Rolex and wallet he'd get in a "nice" neighborhood.

longtooth wrote:No wonder some of you preachers are armed.
Oooooohh wait, I resemble that remark.
Glad he is OK & looking at full recovery.

Yeah, could have gone real bad real fast with all that youth group there.
Glad there were not a bunch of 13/14/15 year-olds to bury, sad parents and a Pastor preaching funerals.

I sent this to a few CHLs in my church who sometimes "forget" to carry to church, as well as some cousins who are CHLS and deacons at various churches around Texas who always carry. Figured I should post it here too.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent ... 6d9c2.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Pastor was shot in Church Friday

" It was about 9:30 p.m. Friday when Josue Pablo, 20, walked through the doors of Walnut Park Asamblea De Dios church in Garland and began yelling obscenities with his 2-year-old twin boys at his side.

He screamed to the group of 35 that they were all pretending to worship and were putting on an act. Alyssa Elizondo, 19, said she thought it was a skit that the pastor would sometimes use to punctuate the sermon.

"It fit perfect with what he was saying," Rolando Arellano said.

They said Pablo continued for about five minutes, telling the youth group members that they were fake.

"He was putting us down," Elizondo said. "We were thinking, 'Is this real?' "

But it was....
As Contreras walked forward to calm him down, Pablo pulled out a gun and fired, witnesses said. Contreras survived the attack, but a bullet went through his hand and pierced his cheek. Pablo waved his gun once more, sending group members – ages 13 to 25 – scrambling for cover ... "

More if you Google ... Garland Pastor shooting ... or at the link above.