Mass shooting at Texas church

[garyscpa]

Originally Posted by FantasticDan

The good guy with a gun didn't stop it. According to authorities, he shot everyone in sight within the church. Reloaded and moved around freely within the church.

He was confronted outside when he had finished. And still the good guy didn't "stop" him. They exchanged fire and the shooter drove away. Police then chased the shooter until he crashed his vehicle.

Whose side are you on?

[Marshall Bennett]

Originally Posted by FantasticDan

She said that she was looking for a positive in the massacre, and what she came up with was that if you’re going to get murdered, then church is a good place for it to happen, since the victims were happy and close to God, like she is when she’s at church..

You were on the right track with pathetic.

No, you're interpreting the article to your own vantage point. Where does it say "if you're going to get murdered, then church is a good place for it to happen"?
You are so full of shit Dan, and like a lot of liberals, you'll stoop as low as you have to trying to fight truth and logic. You won't even quote your own posted articles correctly.

[woodtoo]

7 out of 7 people who knew him say he was nuts, that enough for me. imo
No gun law can stop that.

[Clocker]

The media will have a hissy fit now. It turns out that the so-called "good guy with a gun" is a certified NRA firearms instructor.

[Mulerider]

Originally Posted by Clocker

The media will have a hissy fit now. It turns out that the so-called "good guy with a gun" is a certified NRA firearms instructor.

Local media now reporting that the perp had three gunshot wounds: one to the leg, one to the torso, and one, apparently self-inflicted, to the head.

Oh, and the citizen who shot him, Mr. Stephen Willeford, a former NRA instructor, used his semi-automatic rifle in the exchange. (Which is instructive, by the way: never bring a handgun to a rifle fight.)

As long as he lives in Texas, Mr. Willeford will never have to buy his own beer.

[Fager Fan]

Originally Posted by FantasticDan

Posting tweets, articles, pictures etc is all pretty standard here, as it is on any forum. Just consider them an extension of my own "take", if that helps you..

If you're posting someone to discuss what they posted, usually of someone relevant or important in some way, then that's one thing. To post some random person's posts is bizarre. No one here cares about someone more random than us. Sure, you can post anything you want, but it's lazy and annoying, and reminds me to not ever tweet because some odd people may post it places I hadn't intended for it to be posted.

[Fager Fan]

Originally Posted by FantasticDan

https://twitter.com/kurteichenwald/s...95728838578179

That is a misleading headline. It intends to be inflammatory.

I am Christian but don't believe God has a hand in everything that happens to us. Others do. I read this guy as being one of the latter, and trying to explain how some good could come from tragedy.

Again, I don't believe that, but I would be more fair than splashing that headline. Some people feel the need to think even tragedy is "God's will."

[Clocker]

Originally Posted by Mulerider

Local media now reporting that the perp had three gunshot wounds: one to the leg, one to the torso, and one, apparently self-inflicted, to the head.

He was wearing body armor and most reports are that he was shot through the armpit opening. The shot in the leg likely happened at the scene, but there were reports of the pursuers firing at him on the road.

Oh, and the citizen who shot him, Mr. Stephen Willeford, a former NRA instructor, used his semi-automatic rifle in the exchange. (Which is instructive, by the way: never bring a handgun to a rifle fight.)

In the immortal words of a noted firearms instructor, Clint Smith, “The only purpose for a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should have never laid down.”

[Fager Fan]

Originally Posted by FantasticDan

https://twitter.com/thenation/status/927651571969781760

Oh, that's just priceless. Someone that shoots down innocents (or anyone not in self defense) before killing themselves is obviously thinking with a sound mind.

[Fager Fan]

Originally Posted by thaskalos

She MEANT to say the right thing...but the WAY she said it was beyond idiotic. Half of the victims were CHILDREN, for heaven's sake...and she is looking for "positives" in this heinous tragedy? The children won't have to "experience any pain or suffering anymore"? Is there really a "positive" in stories such as these?

When people are paid to talk...then they should be more mindful of what they say...IMO. And, in cases such as this, SILENCE is more useful than mindless babble.

Look, I've watched this woman a lot. She ain't the brightest crayon in the box. Her two cohorts don't know how to respond to her half the time.

[JustRalph]

Thank you.....for correcting Dan.

[thaskalos]

Originally Posted by Fager Fan

Look, I've watched this woman a lot. She ain't the brightest crayon in the box. Her two cohorts don't know how to respond to her half the time.

This begs the question: "Why do you watch this woman a lot?"

[Tom]

Originally Posted by garyscpa

Whose side are you on?

Hint.....it ain't the USA.

[Tom]

Originally Posted by Mulerider

As long as he lives in Texas, Mr. Willeford will never have to buy his own beer.

gofundme.com/beerme

[Mulerider]

Originally Posted by Clocker

In the immortal words of a noted firearms instructor, Clint Smith, “The only purpose for a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should have never laid down.”

Indeed.

And this event in Texas reminds me of the old Jeff Cooper quote:

“The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for evil purposes, but there are more good men than evil, and while the latter cannot be persuaded to the path of righteousness by propaganda, they can certainly be corrected by good men with rifles.”