Another Active Shooter in Texas

[eddiememphis]

Forget slate. Go to any media site and read the comments. The most common one is Why do people feel the need to carry a gun in church? Completely ignoring what happened and how they were stopped.

Agreed. I go to Slate because it doesn't hide its bias.

It also doesn't have a paywall or tell me I am not welcome because of my adblocker like many "news" outlets- including the Denver Post.

[hurley842002]

Right, we should never study these kind of things and try to learn from them lest we be accused of "Monday morning quarterbacking". Clearly people's fee-fees are much more important than maybe saving lives down the road.

Dang Zund you got me, my "fee-fees" are super hurt, guess I'll go curl up, while you practice quick draw.


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[.455_Hunter]

That's my uncle's church, he was there but is okay.

I am very glad to hear that. I hope he is doing as well as can be expected.

[thedave1164]

I am always carrying at church, after the synagogue incident yesterday I was rolling heavy today.

Kudos to all those prepared to do the unthinkable

[Zundfolge]

Colion Noir's take on it was pretty good ... good concise video to share about the situation.

[DenverGP]

The shooter wasn't very "active".... He was killed 5 seconds after pulling his shotgun.

[hollohas]

This shows how fast this can all happen. Time from 1st shot to the last. Less than 3 seconds.

Good guy did a great job.

It definitely makes me want to work on my draw more. And to maybe reconsider my carry method as an usher in church.

It also brings to my attention some of the personal defense trainers out there that say you aren't going to win if you have to draw when the bad guy already has a gun out, particularly at close distance. There's obviously a lot of truth to that.

[.455_Hunter]

This shows how fast this can all happen. Time from 1st shot to the last. Less than 3 seconds.

Good guy did a great job.

It definitely makes me want to work on my draw more. And to maybe reconsider my carry method as an usher in church.

It also brings to my attention some of the personal defense trainers out there that say you aren't going to win if you have to draw when the bad guy already has a gun out, particularly at close distance. There's obviously a lot of truth to that.

It also brings to attention that precision extended range shooting may be necessary in a defensive scenario- 3-3-3 doesn't cut it all of the time.

[Bailey Guns]

Britt Farmer, the church's senior minister, told the Dallas Morning News that the church lost two "great men today, but it could have been a lot worse, and I am thankful our government has allowed us the opportunity to protect ourselves."

It's remarkably difficult to further the cause when people still think like this.

[TRnCO]

nice work by the good guy. May this be a warning to bad guys every where that many churches are no longer soft targets.