The senior minister of the Texas church in White Settlement that was target by a would-be mass shooter has praised laws allowing congregants to carry firearms the government of the state for permitting his church “the opportunity to protect ourselves”.
Britt Farmer of West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement made the comments to Newsweek after a man armed with a shotgun opened fire inside West Freeway Church of Christ during a Sunday service that was being livestreamed on social media yesterday.
The gunman was killed moments after opening fire when he was shot by a two private citizens legally carrying firearms.
White Settlement Police Chief J.P. Bevering told reporters that the gunman entered the church at approximately 11:50 a.m. and was stopped “thanks to the heroic actions of those two parishioners at the church.”
The incident is being highlighted by defenders of American citizens constitutional right to bear arms as an example of how a legally held firearms can be used to stop crime and tragedies.
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