{"id":72938,"date":"2019-12-31T06:00:45","date_gmt":"2019-12-31T12:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=72938"},"modified":"2019-12-31T18:41:27","modified_gmt":"2020-01-01T00:41:27","slug":"two-heroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=72938","title":{"rendered":"Two Heroes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The first- Jack Wilson, who pulled off an incredible shot against the shooter at the Texas Church Massacre That Wasn’t<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Sunday, during what would otherwise likely be a quiet worship service at the West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement, Texas, an armed gunman entered the church and after talking to a man for several minutes in the corner, pulled out a shotgun and opened fire.
The gunman, as was witnessed in recorded video of the entire incident, barely managed to get off more than a few rounds before an armed security guard standing 50 feet away from the shooter drew his pistol and fired a single shot, instantly killing the gunman with what appeared to be a perfectly placed head shot.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Go ahead – try to put a shot into a five inch circle at 50 feet. Simulate the stress of the situation first, though – do fifty jumping jacks and then grab your gun and squeeze off the shot in a second or less. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And as a practicing believer, I loved Wilson’s quote<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wilson, who is running to be county commissioner in Hood County,\u00a0shared on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0that while he is sad he lost \u00a0“two dear friends and brothers in CHRIST,” he thanks God for being able to protect the congregation because evil does exist in the world.\u00a0
“I just want to thank all who have sent their prayers and comments on the events of today. The events at West Freeway Church of Christ put me in a position that I would hope no one would have to be in, but evil exist and I had to take out an active shooter in church,” Wilson wrote.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Yep, I’ll be headed to the range. Or I would, if all my guns hadn’t fallen into Mille Lacs and they didn’t completely terrify me anyway. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second? The Texas state legislator, Sen. Donna Campbell of New Braunfels, who led the push, after the Sutherland Springs church massacre, to remove the “gun free zone” language from Texas churches<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be clear, churches would still be able to prohibit licensed citizens from carrying firearms on their premises so long as they provide oral or written notice.
Campbell\u2019s bill codifies a previous opinion from Attorney General\u00a0Ken Paxton<\/a>\u00a0sought shortly after the shooting in Sutherland Springs. In the opinion, Paxton stated that \u201cunless a church provides effective oral or written notice prohibiting the carrying of handguns on its property, a license holder may carry a handgun onto the premises of church property as the law allows.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

I predict a steep decline in copy-cat shootings in churches – in “shall issue” and “constitutional carry” states, anyway. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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