I thought Texas was an open carry state. I want to know how the son-of-a-bitch was able to kill so many people without being reduced to swiss cheese.
If the church didn’t want members to carry, well...
Another Freeper on a different thread opined correctly that in tiny churches in tiny communities the people all know each other. Doubtless half of them may be related. There is not the same impulse to carry a gun in such a scenario as a really small town presents.
This was a local shooter with a grudge. It is like arming yourself to serve your family Thanksgiving dinner in your home in some of these friendly small communities. These people just saw no need to pick up their pistol.
Small communities will learn from this that they must be armed even at church and not with a false sense of security just because they’re in a farming town that is small and relatively insignificant.
I’m in San Antonio and also wondering the same thing, but Open Carry doesn’t mean everyone carrying shows their weapons. There is also concealed carry here. With that being said, those rules only apply to law abiding citizens... not crazed criminals/terrorists. Maybe it was some gun free zone church? I know my big church is allegedly gun free but we have massive police/security presence and lots and lots of current and retired military so... I suppose there are lots of guns in boots within the membership...and I’m 100% okay with it. This is such a tragedy. My gut tells me Islamic dude or radicalized American did this. Note: they haven’t released the name even though the shooter is DOA. Listening to the news “what would the motive be”? Duh. Terrorize Christians.
Maybe people went to church unarmed. Shocking, huh?
Maybe people went to church unarmed. Shocking, huh?
I think it is illegal to pack heat in most churches in Texas.