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TX: Attorney General Ken Paxton: Guns in Churches Part of Solution
Ammoland ^ | 8 November, 2017 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 11/10/2017 5:02:08 AM PST by marktwain

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Arming up has always been a logical response to being attacked. There is historical precedent in several colonies laws requiring people to bring their guns to church.
1 posted on 11/10/2017 5:02:08 AM PST by marktwain
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One can bet that the percentage of folks packing heat in church has greatly increased in the last couple of weeks.


2 posted on 11/10/2017 5:05:03 AM PST by Da Coyote
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Don’t go anywhere without it. If you forget to take it, go back and get it.


3 posted on 11/10/2017 5:06:13 AM PST by Sasparilla ( I'm Not Tired of Winning.)
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"One can bet that the percentage of folks packing heat in church has greatly increased in the last couple of weeks."

Well, it hasn't even been a week yet since the Texas church shooting. But your main point still holds, I'll be carrying from now on in church.

4 posted on 11/10/2017 5:14:46 AM PST by circlecity
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We went to a church event in another city that weekend.. They had a big “No Weapons Allowed” sign. I’m sorry, but if you cannot trust your congregation to defend themselves.. you have a pretty serious problem. We skipped the event. I just cannot imagine being around people like that.
I guess they believe in def-clawing mamma bear and walking the predators over to her cubs.


5 posted on 11/10/2017 5:23:51 AM PST by momincombatboots (White Stetsons up.. let's save our country!)
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Does anyone know if the church in Sutherland officially banned firearms?


6 posted on 11/10/2017 5:28:59 AM PST by coloradan (The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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I wonder if Paxton gets more campaign donations from the people who sell guns or the people that sell coal?


7 posted on 11/10/2017 5:35:36 AM PST by Ben Ficklin
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8 posted on 11/10/2017 5:36:33 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=800><p><h1>NYC 9-11 Memorial 09/11/2016</h1>)
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Paxton added that churches, places of business and SCHOOLS should have policies addressing the possibility of a shooter so they can protect their communities.

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The NRA has their “School Shield” program that started in 2012. It is excellent & the assessment is at no cost to schools. Few people seem to be aware of it. When the Left screams and squawks about “doing something”, the NRA stepped up and DID something that will actually help make schools safer/protect kids & prevent/minimize losses if they come under attack while at school. Every school/parent should be demanding that their school go through the assessment process and implement the findings. The NRA set up a grant program for helping schools fund items needed as determined by the assessment process when funds are not available locally - I see that for right now, grant requests are not being accepted - evidently the money set aside for that has probably been depleted for this year.

https://www.nationalschoolshield.org/


9 posted on 11/10/2017 5:40:44 AM PST by Qiviut (Obama's Legacy in two words: DONALD TRUMP)
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God bless Texas


10 posted on 11/10/2017 5:53:13 AM PST by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket.6l)
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Yeah! Churches!
Guys/Gals w/Guns (POTUS.45 Posse!) ONLY Solution!
Guns American Across The Land!
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11 posted on 11/10/2017 6:02:12 AM PST by gunnyg ("A Constitution changed from Freedom, can never be restored; Liberty, once lost, is lost forever...)
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“Don’t go anywhere without it. If you forget to take it, go back and get it.”

That’s how we view our cell phones now. That Sunday, cell phones where shot out of people’s hands. Now we have to rely more on guns than phones for protection.

I’ve heard that there are members in our congregation who are carrying. I don’t know who they are, but I sure feel better knowing they’re there.


12 posted on 11/10/2017 6:09:16 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (A person's greatest strength is his greatest weakness.)
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“Does anyone know if the church in Sutherland officially banned firearms?”

IIRC, firearms were not banned there. Seems one survivor said that he usually carries to church but his wife was home sick that day and he left the gun with her.


13 posted on 11/10/2017 6:10:36 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (A person's greatest strength is his greatest weakness.)
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...I’ve heard that there are members in our congregation who are carrying. I don’t know who they are, but I sure feel better knowing they’re there...

Our Pastor is a retired Sheriff’s office Detective. Although the subject has never been officially brought up, many of us feel he doesn’t ever leave home without it. And after what’s been happening in recent years, many of us are carrying too.


14 posted on 11/10/2017 6:19:14 AM PST by Sasparilla ( I'm Not Tired of Winning.)
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15 posted on 11/10/2017 6:20:05 AM PST by DFG
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Just because I turn my cheek does NOT mean I won’t protect my family and my friends.


16 posted on 11/10/2017 6:25:30 AM PST by righttackle44 (Take scalps. Leave the bodies as a warning.)
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They're here. http://nocssm.org/gss/.

WE BRING OUR EXPERIENCE TO CHURCHES ALL ACROSS THE NATION. EXPERIENCE

FORGED IN SOME OF THE LARGEST CHURCHES IN AMERICA. CHURCHES COME TO US TO DELIVER OUR EXPERIENCE IN CHURCH SECURITY.

ONE OF THE MOST EXPERIENCED CHURCH SECURITY SYSTEM DESIGNERS IN THE NATION. SPECIALIST IN VIDEO SURVEILLANCE AND CONTROL ROOMS.

LICENSED IN TEXAS. CONTACT US FOR ALL OTHER NON-REGULATED STATES.

17 posted on 11/10/2017 6:29:56 AM PST by righttackle44 (Take scalps. Leave the bodies as a warning.)
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I’ve asked that too.
Still don’t know...


18 posted on 11/10/2017 6:31:02 AM PST by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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If Just One had been packing...


19 posted on 11/10/2017 6:39:11 AM PST by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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Of course. Good people generally don't shoot at each other.

In the old days it was "We're under attack. To Arms! To Arms!".
Today it's "We're under attack. Disarm! Disarm!
The old way makes more sense.

20 posted on 11/10/2017 6:42:52 AM PST by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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