By the Associated Press Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday gave Texas’ highest civilian honor to a 71-year-old man who shot and killed an armed attacker at a church in December. Abbott gave Jack Wilson the Governor’s Medal of Courage during a ceremony in Austin, calling him a hero for stopping the shooter at a church … Read more
By Larry Keane Billionaire Michael Bloomberg is stumping on the presidential campaign trail telling Americans they can’t be trusted to exercise their right to own a gun. Not for self-protection. Not for recreational shooting or hunting. Not even because it’s a God-given right enshrined in the Bill of Rights. He says this, of course, surrounded … Read more
Radical, gun-hating Democrat (and long-shot presidential contender) Michael Bloomberg offered his thoughts following Sunday’s West Freeway Church shooting. Of course, big gun control’s sugar daddy wouldn’t admit that good guy Americans and their guns saved lives in that church on Sunday Instead, he said that despite the evidence that millions of people saw for themselves, … Read more
By the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Former Vice President Joe Biden deserves every brickbat being thrown in his direction in the aftermath of Sunday’s church shooting incident in Texas for declaring in September that the state’s new law allowing guns in churches is “irrational,” the Citizens Committee for the … Read more
If you’re not a football fan, you probably don’t know who Ray Rice is. Or was. Rice was a running back for the Baltimore Ravens. In 2014, the NFL suspended Rice for two games after he was arrested and indicted for assaulting his then-fiancee. That bit of news barely merited a mention on ESPN SportsCenter. … Read more
**LISTEN NOW** Jack Wilson who fatally shot the White Settlement church shooter details how it went down & why the shooter had their attention even before he walked into the church @FOX4 pic.twitter.com/ZKS6mmR6NA — Natalie Solis (@Fox4Natalie) December 30, 2019 The Texas governor, Greg Abbott, praised the church members for “swiftly ending the attack”. But … Read more
Let’s be clear. If yesterday’s church shooting in the West Freeway Church of Christ had taken place in another church (one without a security plan) or in another state (one that prohibits carrying firearms in houses of worship) the casualty count would likely have been much higher than it was. That’s a fact acknowledged by … Read more
By the Second Amendment Foundation The tragic church shooting Sunday in White Settlement, Texas in which church members fatally shot the gunman provides more evidence that good guys with guns are necessary to stop bad guys, and that armed citizens can protect soft targets, the Second Amendment Foundation said today. “This horrible shooting was live … Read more
By the Associated Press A man pulled out a shotgun at a Texas church service and fired on worshippers Sunday, killing two people before he was shot to death by congregants who fired back, police said. Authorities at a Sunday evening news conference praised the two congregants who opened fire as part of a volunteer … Read more
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