Back about the time I took my first carry permit training, the late great Joel Rosenberg told the story of the time in the early 2000s, during a spate of attacks on synagogues, when a very “progressive”, DFL-leaning local congregation called him and a few other prominent gun rights activists who are also of the tribe, and asked if they might not mind – privately and discretely, mind you – bringing a little “insurance” to services with them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just in case. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
To the best of my knowledge, they did. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was probably 2-3 years ago I interviewed the guys from Archway Defense, who discussed how frequently places of worship of all faiths are targeted, by everyone from mentally disturbed vandals to outright hate-criminals and terrorists. The rate – for Christians and Muslims, but especially Jews<\/a>, is far out of proportion with their numbers in society. <\/p>\n\n\n\n And for all the smug, self-righteous virtue signaling of some congregations, the record is pretty clear; congregations who at least quietly take self-defense into their own hands and leave temporal forgiveness to God tend to do better when someone decides to stage their final blaze of glory in their “sanctuary<\/a>“. <\/p>\n\n\n\n And common sense is driving some of those congregants and congregations to ask the questions that need to be asked. <\/p>\n\n\n\n And Minnesota’s Second Amendment community has some answers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n