{"id":40549,"date":"2019-12-30T00:44:05","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T00:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=40549"},"modified":"2019-12-30T00:44:05","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T00:44:05","slug":"shooting-incident-turns-out-ok-however","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=40549","title":{"rendered":"Shooting incident turns out OK, however &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?hashtags=gunviolence%20%23concealedcarrypermit%20%23TexasLegislature&#038;via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/BBYrqh5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-40550\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/BBYrqh5-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/BBYrqh5-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/BBYrqh5-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/BBYrqh5.jpg 799w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Does a single shooting involving a gunman who was shot dead by those with handgun permits make me believe that it&#8217;s OK to allow guns into houses of worship?<\/p>\n<p>No it doesn&#8217;t. However, it does give me pause to offer a word of gratitude that church congregants had the presence of mind to end a spasm of gun violence quickly before it could get much worse.<\/p>\n<p>A shooter opened fire this morning in a church at White Settlement, Texas, a Fort Worth suburb. He shot two people in the church, one of whom died; the other suffers from life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Then some worshipers who happened to be carrying weapons opened fire on the gunman, killing him on the spot.<\/p>\n<p>Texas legislators recently approved a law that allows concealed handguns in houses of worship. Only those who are licensed to carry them will be allowed to pack the weapons while worshiping.<\/p>\n<p>I am not yet persuaded that this is a good idea. However, I certainly am grateful that the bystanders who were in the church sanctuary had the skill to end the nightmare quickly. Such relatively good fortune &#8212; and I use that term with extreme caution &#8212; isn&#8217;t necessarily a guarantee that future incidents will produce similar results.<\/p>\n<p>White City Police Chief J.P. Bevering called the congregants who killed the gunman &#8220;heroic.&#8221; Yes, they most surely are. The rest of the congregation at West Freeway Church of Christ owe them an eternal debt of thanks.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?hashtags=gunviolence%20%23concealedcarrypermit%20%23TexasLegislature&#038;via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does a single shooting involving a gunman who was shot dead by those with handgun permits make me believe that it&#8217;s OK to allow guns into houses of worship? No it doesn&#8217;t. 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