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The mass murder that didn’t happen because Texans are smarter than New Yorkers, Californians and progressives everywhere
American Thinker ^ | 12/30/2019 | Thomas Lifson

Posted on 12/30/2019 9:45:43 AM PST by SeekAndFind

In the fantasy world inhabited by progressives, passing laws to restrict gun ownership and the carrying of firearms prevents violence. The precise opposite is the truth, as demonstrated convincingly by John Lott, whose research led him to change his position on gun control once he discovered the facts.  His book More Guns Less Crime is required reading for anyone who wants to be honest about preventing the death of innocent Americans.

Yet the two coastal states that regard themselves as smarter and more sophisticated than the denizens of flyover country refuse to acknowledge this truth and maintains laws the restrict or even prohibit gun ownership and the bearing of arms in public places.

Worshippers in a suburb of Fort Worth, Texas heroically demonstrated the wisdom of our Founders and the superiority of Texas-style governance yesterday when an attempt was made to slaughter a large number of people at the West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement (can you imagine a pair of names more likely to elicit scorn from elitists?). Armed parishioners fought back and shot the gunman dead before he was able to slaughter more than two of them. NBCDFW reports:

Two parishioners and the gunman are dead after a shooting at a White Settlement church Sunday, officials say.

The shooting was reported at about 11 a.m. at the West Freeway Church of Christ in the 1900 block of South Las Vegas Trail.

During the service, a man went in and fired a weapon. Two church members, who were members of the parish's security team, returned fire and killed the shooter, who was pronounced dead at the scene, White Settlement Police Chief J.P. Bevering said.

You can watch the attack take place and be quelled here:

 

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California; US: New York; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banglist; california; gregabbott; guns; massshooting; newyork; nra; secondamendment; texas

1 posted on 12/30/2019 9:45:43 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
God bless the two parishioners and their families.
2 posted on 12/30/2019 9:47:13 AM PST by combat_boots (God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her! Merry Christmas! In God We Trust! Hi)
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To: SeekAndFind
The main difference between this church shooting and the church shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas in 2017, is that thankfully there were armed citizens inside this church.

In the Sutherland Springs church shooting, the shooter was the only one inside the church who was armed. There was no one to stop the shooter until he went outside and a neighboring homeowner forced the shooter to flee when he started firing at him with an AR-15.

"Last year, a mentally disturbed man entered a Baptist church in my hometown of Sutherland Springs and opened fire. I live across the street, and when my daughter told me there was a shooter and I heard the shots myself, I fell back on my years of NRA training, grabbed my AR-15, and ran across the street to engage the shooter. People say I saved lives that day. I hope that's true. I did what the Lord called me to do."

A Sutherland Springs hero welcomes the NRA to Dallas

Like Jack Wilson said, evil does exist in this world. Thank God that there are also some heroes.

3 posted on 12/30/2019 9:51:45 AM PST by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation has ended!)
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To: SeekAndFind

But how about those anti-gums ads Bloomy is running down there.


4 posted on 12/30/2019 9:58:38 AM PST by FlipWilson
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To: SeekAndFind

Perp? Covered from head to foot is black. I don’t think I need an explanation of motive.


5 posted on 12/30/2019 10:00:50 AM PST by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: SeekAndFind

Not only are we smarter, we are also better shots.


6 posted on 12/30/2019 10:02:17 AM PST by Howie66 ("...Against All Enemies, Foreign and Democrat..... & ERIC CIARAMELLA")
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To: SeekAndFind

New Yorkers voted for Cuomo and the worst NY City mayor evah!

Anybody is smarter than a New Yorker.
(Apologies to the one or two conservative NY folks out there. We feel for you. Let us know when you want to borrow a guillotine to clear out your infection.)


7 posted on 12/30/2019 10:05:58 AM PST by Da Coyote (is)
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To: SeekAndFind

guy’s name was Keith Thomas Kinnunen


8 posted on 12/30/2019 10:08:11 AM PST by BlackAdderess (Free the Russia investigation documents)
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To: BlackAdderess
Any other info about his guy?

9 posted on 12/30/2019 10:20:15 AM PST by Right Wing Assault (Kill-googl,TWTR,FCBK,NYT,WaPo,Hwd,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antfa,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA,ARP)
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To: Right Wing Assault

Here is article from 2016. Kinnunen and shotgun.

https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/crime/jersey-mayhem/2016/09/13/texas-man-arrested-linden-gun-charge/90303344/


10 posted on 12/30/2019 10:23:01 AM PST by Right Wing Assault (Kill-googl,TWTR,FCBK,NYT,WaPo,Hwd,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antfa,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA,ARP)
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To: Right Wing Assault

River Oaks Man Identified as Gunman in White Settlement Church Shooting

Someone have the time to post this in a new thread?

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/river-oaks-man-identified-as-shooter-in-white-settlement-church/2283777/


11 posted on 12/30/2019 10:30:13 AM PST by Right Wing Assault (Kill-googl,TWTR,FCBK,NYT,WaPo,Hwd,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antfa,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA,ARP)
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River Oaks Man Identified as Gunman in White Settlement Church Shooting

Someone have the time to post this in a new thread?

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/river-oaks-man-identified-as-shooter-in-white-settlement-church/2283777/


12 posted on 12/30/2019 10:31:53 AM PST by Right Wing Assault (Kill-googl,TWTR,FCBK,NYT,WaPo,Hwd,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antfa,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA,ARP)
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To: Bubba_Leroy

Of course evil exists in this world. It is why we have thousands and thousands of laws. If we all followed the main 10, we would not need much more. Lol.


13 posted on 12/30/2019 10:59:32 AM PST by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Great title and article!!

Thanks for posting


14 posted on 12/30/2019 1:15:56 PM PST by redinIllinois (Pro-life, accountant, gun-totin' Grandma - mui issue voter)
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To: justa-hairyape

Anyone else from the SS area? Just wondering which lakes, ponds, rivers and creeks to avoid a boating accident.

Signed,

Your bud on FM435 aka longhorn rd.


15 posted on 12/30/2019 7:53:48 PM PST by PvtHudson
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