WHERE WERE THE TEXAS CARRIERS ? ? ?
Sometimes that would save the day, other times not. Depends on who sees who first and what he was armed with. Don’t know what weapon he had, but if he had an AK or AR with a drum, that would be hard to stop.
Imagine you are halfway through the service and suddenly from behind a storm of aimed rifle fire goes straight into the crowd as fast as someone can pull the trigger. There is an absolute crush of people falling, screaming and trying to flee. The bad guy had tactical gear, possibly a plate carrier. All of that and you are taken totally from ambush... you would have a hard time regaining the initiative.
There are things that would help, like an usher at the door. Armed if possible, but even if not, him being shot first might give you that precious 3 seconds of warning. Lots of churches designate ccw’s as security and they position themselves accordingly.
But just random people in the pews caught off guard, would have a very hard time getting into action fast enough to deal with that.
That’s not in _any way_a knock on ccw at church - none whatsoever-. You can and should carry and it helps a LOT in some scenarios.
But though we all think it cant be true. But you could have had 50 navy seals packed in a classroom, on a navy base with glocks... and it wouldn’t have unfolded THAT much differently if someone steps in the backdoor and surprises them with a blast into the crowd with enough well-aimed firepower.
I like ccw, and i love our ARs and Aks. But sometimes, its just not your day. I wouldn’t be too hard on those people about not winning that ambush.
Amen, well put, and explains it.