The church where shooting took place....had men with guns at the service today.

[2aguy]

Actually that's not surprising, and it's effective. There was an incident in Colorado a few years back where an armed church member stopped an attack...

Security guard who stopped shooter credits God - CNN.com

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (CNN) -- "It seemed like it was me, the gunman, and God," said Jeanne Assam, describing her feelings as she confronted a man who charged into her Colorado Springs church Sunday firing a weapon.


Assam, a church security guard with law enforcement experience, fired her own weapon at the invader and stopped his attack, police say.

Police on Monday identified the gunman as Matthew Murray and said he was also responsible for an attack earlier Sunday at a missionary center some 80 miles away.

The two incidents left four people dead, in addition to the gunman, and five wounded.

Police said forensic evidence showed a positive match between a handgun found at the church and shell casings found at the missionary center in Arvada, a suburb of Denver.

It's sad that's what it's come to. This country, flooded with guns, needs armed guards at places of worship.

One thing you're overlooking.... Roof had an illegal gun, so any number of gun laws wouldn't have stopped him, since he would have just ignored them anyway....

How did Dylann Roof get a gun Local News - WYFF Home

According to federal gun laws, Roof should not have been able to purchase a gun. Records show he was arrested and charged with felony drug possession earlier this year. Federal gun laws prohibit people with pending felony charges from obtaining firearms, so a local gun shop would be required to run a background check through the FBI.

And if he received the gun as a gift, somebody broke the law there too.....

18 U.S. Code 922 - Unlawful acts US Law LII Legal Information Institute

(d) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or otherwise dispose of any firearm or ammunition to any person knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that such person—
(1) is under indictment for, or has been convicted in any court of, a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year;


Unfortunately, the only way to defend oneself against criminals is to not let them have the upper hand.

He didn't have an automatic rifle or a rocket launcher. Those gun laws worked. How many more churches could he have attacked with no witnesses?

How many more churches could he have attacked with no witnesses?

As many as he could because they are all gun free zones...until good guys with guns finally arrived to stop him....