Those parishioners, who were also volunteer members of the church's security team, are able to carry guns into church due to a law passed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in response to another deadly church shooting that took the lives of 26 people in 2017.Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick referred to the law during a Sunday night press conference, saying that it was passed following the deadly shooting at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs. It took effect in September, Patrick said.
Those with evil intentions will violate the law and carry out their heinous acts no matter what," state Sen. Donna Campbell, co-sponsor of the bill, said in a statement when the bill was passed in September."It makes no sense to disarm the good guys and leave law-abiding citizens defenseless where violent offenders break the law to do great harm."Read MoreLt. Gov.
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Options: 1: Please don’t kill us... 2: BANG! You’re dead fella. 2AShallNotBeInfringed
JowLibre The right parishioner. 10 untrained people yielding weapons is a massacre.
Praise the Lord!! 🤗
If guns weren’t allowed in church maybe no one would have been shot in the first place.
Wonder if the people who think Newtown was a hoax to advance gun legislation think this is a hoax to advance gun rights?
Only lying liberal fascist CNN would defend this shooter over the brave men who saved countless lives!
This is the first time, perhaps, your accurately reported actual news. Congratulations.
Yes, BLUR OUT THE VICTIMS BUT NOT THE SHOOTER 🤦🏼♂️ cnn sucks.
The Lord cast out the money changers, what would he say about guns in church?
What is going on in that town and that church?
This is exactly why we have the 2nd amendment. Stop the Democrats from taking away our rights. Vote them out of Washington. And re-elect POTUS Trump and the Republican party
Thank God that their evil mission foiled out
Wow Americans are so backwards it cracks me up. More guns and more guns and more guns.
Heartbreaking, two men of God lost senselessly. Thankful for the volunteer security member as it could have been so much worse.
I was wondering how CNN was going to spin this; Any chance we could get a one on one with Don Lemon and Sherriff Clark to discuss this? donlemon SheriffClarke
Free America🇺🇸🇬🇧, shooting🔫 every day, it’s a beautiful scenery.✨🤣🤣
Gunman killed by an armed civilian in a church? Champagne corks popped at NRA HQ for an hour.
Further proof that guns are not the problem, mental health issues are. Better mental health diagnosis and treatment is sorely needed.
Has anyone noticed, since it became widely known, that ARMED Federal Air Marshals COULD be on EVERY domestic, or international flight...there hasn't been a SINGLE hijacking? If everyone THINKS teachers and church goers are toting, school and church shootings will disappear.
only in america is it normal to have gun toting people going to church.nuts all the way around.
Terribly sad event that was stopped from being an absolute tragedy by good people with the courage, skills and laws that allow them to be.
If you would watch the clip. The first guy was drawing a gun to defend himself slowly. Had he had proper training. The only one dead would had been the monster that killed two.
Did someone hack Twitter account? This is FAR too accurate and lacks it's usually blatant narratives.
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Say It Ain't So CNN telling what really happened are you kidding me actually telling the fact that this gun saved a f****** day how do you go figure that s*** out you'll confuse me man
If you’re law biding and want to protect yourself and family and those around you then purchase a firearm and learn how to use it. The shooter found a way to obtain it and use it for evil purposes. Thankfully some good people had one and ended his evil intent.
I bet he was expecting a group of soft targets. It didn’t go as well as he thought.
And felons, like the shooter, aren’t allowed to have them at all.
Seems we are learning that church, mosque, or synagogue are good places for nut jobs to try to kill a bunch of people because so many people regularly gather there at specific times. This one was thwarted by one defender, but not stopped completely. Just thwarted.
All of these church shootings are preventable if they would just put prayer back in church.
this is good that in texas people can carry guns
Awesome! Go Texas!
Good Guy with gun 1 - Bad Guy 0
Let’s thank the bystander that prevented more deaths ! Thank you jackwilson - you are a hero!!!
Lost in this story by the Liberal media is how Republicans changed the laws to allow guns inn Churches and removed the financial burden of doing so in a separate law amendment. President trump said to have armed people in schools .... this is why. Liberals should start thinking.
But if noone had guns.......
Patriot dropped the pos shooter with a magnificent headshot under heavy duress. Keep practicing y’all.
Not even a headline in the northeast. Good. Keep your crazy ass locked and loaded churches down in TX where they belong. Maybe a wall is a good idea after all.
No one doubts the end result...I just can’t figure how a civilized culture has to have armed security guards in schools, churches, hospitals, community centers, courthouses, and funeral homes...
Texas would not be my first choice to be a crazy guy with a gun
Carrying GUNS to church. Have I entered an alternate universe?
I notice you chose to compose a reasonable tweet for this occasion. Thank you.
What was the motive? Did the preacher screw somebody?
We need less gun regulations and things like this would stop happening
I could only imagine what prayer in this church sounds like: Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me. Thy “magnum desert eagle” and “full clip,” they comfort me.
Foolish is thinking that more guns = more safety. “Good & stable people” can become unstable - & they might already have weapons. No one is safe in a society where leaders choose who is more important & advocate weaponry in churches & schools. Everytown
How long until we get armed guards posted at every doorway that we can think of? ...asking for a friend.
Thank god for law letting them carry
I’m really surprised that you are accurately reporting this! The second amendment saved these people from a massacre. Praise God!
Thank God someone there was armed and stopped the gunman.. I can’t imagine how many people would have died if they had to wait for the police..
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But imagine how many would have died if NO ONE had guns... 0.
Moral of the story: Don't start no shit in a Texas church.
I need a gun to... To take one to the altar and not church! Nice job
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Couldn't believe my eyes... headline that portrays firearm use positively. mondaythoughts
The law worked. The security team was able to take out the shooter and save lives. This was an organized approach and I'm so glad about it. The law worked. God bless everyone. 🙏🇺🇸
Is shooter black or white?
That is why you do not attack in Texas. 2ndAmendment OpenCarryUSA ConcealedCarry Maybe Virginia's gov is listening? Wait what am I saying GavinNewsom doesnt care, it's about disarming us so they can do wait every other country that went to socialism/communism. WakeUpAmerica
Tell us again how guns are bad cnn!!!
Imagine how much higher the death toll would have been if this occurred in a gun free zone or municipality with strict gun control laws.
THIS IS NOT RIGHT. There is no ip side. JFC.
What is this the Wild West? What if one of those bullets from parishioners killed others by mistake. I will not attend events where private citizens carry guns.
Ppl saying 100's of lives saved due to 'good guys w/guns' are grossly exaggerating. Totally agree responders in church are heroes but dude had a shotgun...typically 3-5 rd capacity.
Is it me? I find it appalling that a church has to have a security team. Another school shooting at the church
Good people with guns and training save lives.
Gee imagine that. Good guys with guns stopped the bad guys with guns. welldone
I guess in Donnie's America that's the answer
Are you working for the NRABloodMoney now? Asking for all people who have been killed by a gun and all of their friends and relatives. DoBetter
Just WhiteSettler things
Second amendment 🇺🇸
Thank god guns were freely available! If not the gun man (with a freely available gun) couldn’t have been taken down saving ‘nearly’ all lives
Bottom line: you can’t prevent criminals from getting guns, therefore arm the public to defend against criminals with guns.
Ya, Security teams and churches totally go together. 😒 I like how we're pretending like only a couple dead is a good thing. That is the only win. The goal should be zero, but Texas gonna do Texas and pretend like more guns were the answer because we know what they really worship
No mention of the gunman's race plastered everywhere so I'm assuming it was a person of color.
Guns in church. Do you hear that? Guns in church.
After watching the video it appeared to me that the first person shot was also the first man to draw his gun in defense. Seems simpler & more efficient to live in a country where guns aren’t so easy to have.
While y'all praising the good guy with gun remember, he's a trained former professional and the gunman only had a shot gun and not one of those semis, ars... And also gun free zones are stupid if you're not going to enforce it with metal detectors and armed security.. Just don't
realDonaldTrump WhiteHouse Thank God for armed law abiding citizens Fake News!
That’s why there should be no gun free zones
What!!? Can’t believe CNN is reporting this.
His name is Jack Wilson and he's a hero.
Let us remove all religion from the road; Let life flow and fill us with peace.
Wow a law abiding gun owner. A good guy with a gun stop a bad guy with a gun. nationalccw just like my driver license then watch your crime rate drop.
It is certainly a good thing that the shooter was stopped, but I’ll reserve further judgement until after a thorough investigation of all of the facts surrounding this case
Christians showed how dedicated they are to accepting and saving a soul. The shooter looked suspicious but hope for his eternal benefit kept anyone from rejecting him. The shooter chose to kill and the Christians responded appropriately to save the innocent.
The NRA lives hearing this...guns guns and more guns 🙄🙄
If it were up to Dems, this would've been another tragedy because they want to disarm all law abiding citizens and are still persistently trying. All you have to do is vote them in.
That new law is a symptom of a much more serious underlying disease. It is a nationwide epidemic. That law puts a band-aid on a cancer patient.
Yeah!!! That's what I'm talking about baby!
You realize, of course, how UNCHRISTIAN it is to bring a gun to church... that detail is lost on Americans, sadly 😢
Stop and think about it. How is Texas 1880 different from Texas 2020 with everybody packing? What's next? Who's the fastest gun around?
They should’ve had a “gun free zone” sign in front of the church. That would’ve stopped this from happening at all.
What but but gun free zone didn't work? Imagine my shock!
Amazing response time and shooting under tremendous pressure. Very impressive.
Which, of course, tells us shooting back will greatly reduce mass shootings
Police response is 10 minutes if you are lucky. Many times it’s much longer. A lot can happen in 10 minutes.
Guns in the hands of good people save good people.
My condolences to Church to Texas For this tragedy , we share your hurt , The brutality of this terrorist it was terrible , the good was you had Good Security in this moments , I wait not happening any more, God Bless you Everyone Cristianos .”
We need millions more guns everywhere right?
This is so sickening.
If the shooter wasn’t able to buy a gun then none of this would’ve happened in the first place.
A slap in the face of liberals who blindly believe gun control
that’s great! but that’s treating the symptom, not the disease.
Hahaha texas...
Obviously a nice Republican, God fearing, Constitutional loving, congregation. KAG 2020
Gee, what a great idea!!
Yep guns at work doing a great job stopping scumbags
That’s what a responsible gun owner does at the count of 1...2...3...
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Good guys taking down bad guys. Thankfully
Saved by a good guy with a gun.
The democrats will find something wrong with this man and will try to put him in jail. It's just how democrats think.
Another safe zone has been established. TexasSmart
False flag to sell more guns. Only a weak willed automaton would believe that this obviously staged video is real. Get ready for a 1000% increase in gun sales and mandatory carry laws for everybody.
That's how the proletariat stops a shooting.
Texas, the land where the biggest & baddest survive. The Gunfight the OK Corral. The new Dodge City!
This is becoming commonplace in our society, something needs to change.
The good guys win
Thanks to Donald Trump👍👍
I need to get to the range more often. That was an incredible shot from the parishioner. He saved a lot of lives.
count the number of shotgun shells he had loaded, might give them an idea.
Bravo, Texas GOP. Good guys with guns are life savers.
Very sad that churches require 'security team' attendance. What the hell happened to America?
Nothing says religion and the love of God more than making sure you are packing.
The irony of sitting in a church where your faith teaches you about being covered by the blood and being protected by God but feeling the need to strap up before you enter
In order to maintain security and save lives, the causes of insecurity need to be completely eliminated, and retaliation cannot be used as a reliable means of securing. We need a fundamental solution and removing insecurity.
No please tell people how you covered that law being passed. Thanks
BETTY WHITE 🤦♂️
Guns in the church sanctuary 😳😳 my Lord... I’ll pass and stay home and pray...
Come on people out of all those members somehow the black guy gets it first ,we all know what this was.
Hey now! Only a few people died so this is good right? 😳
Makes me feel safe in America. NOT!!!!!!! Wtf is wrong with these fucked up republicans
All Americans should be required to bring a gun to church or synagogue.
God bless the second
And lefty types weep because normal Americans defend themselves and put away an evil person.
Glad they brought him down before he cause casualties