Of course I’m not sure where in the church this happened, or if there was another occupyable/occupied floor (basement) beneath. Up (not in anybody’s face of course) might be a safer direction than down depending on such parameters.
Not sure what floor, but he was showing it off in a storage closet. And from earlier articles I don’t think it was the pastor that had the gun - but obviously whoever it was will have a hard time dealing with it.
Just last weekend there was a shooting near me. Guy at a party put his gun in the safe ‘cuz he knew he would be drinking. Midway through the party he showed it off to his buddies - keeping the magazine in the safe. After showing it off put it between the bed mattress. And later still showed it off again, and pointed it at a wall and pulled the trigger to show them it was “empty”.
Same thing - hit a 20 year old girl in the head on the other side of the wall. Killed her. All because of an “empty” gun.
He was a legal concealed carry, but still an idiot.