What is the difference between a so called “gun free zone” like a school or a shopping mall and a building that has a belief in, and a plan for, self defense? How about many lives SAVED? After each of the last couple shootings, pro-gun folks have proclaimed that lives would be saved if only the victimes had been armed. The most common response from the anti-gun side is that that couldn’t possibly be true, it would only lead to more people killed, not less. Well, the test case has arrived, and guess what? The “don’t be a victim, carry a gun, defend yourself” side is RIGHT.
..ARVADA, Colo. — A gunman killed two staff members at a missionary training center early Sunday after being told he couldn’t spend the night, and about 12 hours later, a gunman fatally shot a person at a megachurch in Colorado Springs before a guard killed him, police said.
The gunman in the shootings at the New Life Church was shot and killed by a church security guard, Colorado Springs police chief Richard Myers said.
A church member died of wounds inflicted by the gunman, Senior Pastor Brady Boyd said. Two others were shot and wounded.
Michelle is reporting, through a Fox report, that the security guard is a female volunteer on the church staff
..A gunman in a black trench coat and a high-powered rifle entered the church’s main foyer shortly after 1 p.m. and began shooting, Myers said.
The church’s 11 a.m. service had recently ended, and hundreds of people were milling about when the gunman opened fire. Nearby were parents picking up their children from the nursery.
Police arrived to find the gunman had been killed by a member of the church’s armed security staff, Myers said.
“There was a courageous staff member who probably saved many lives here today,” Myers said.
The FBI and the ATF were assisting in the investigation. Officers were combing the campus looking for suspicious devices.
“We had a plan in place, and it worked well,” said Boyd, who in August took over from disgraced pastor Ted Haggard. “Many, many lives were saved today because of some quick, action by the many volunteers here at the church.”
It sounds as if there is a lot more going on here that hasn’t been released yet, and my guess is that the two shootings are related, although that is also not confirmed yet. The connection and the motive haven’t been reported yet, nor has the description of the weapon. But here is a group, which happens to be a church, who has realized that being prepared and defending themselves was something that was up to THEM. And they did. Pray for them all because this is a hard thing to go through. Being armed is like insurance… you always hope that you never need it, but when you do it is traumatic, even if you “win”. But if more would take this kind of pro-active stance towards their own defense and protection, fewer of these kinds of tragedies would take place.
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