Thugs find it more difficult if populace is armed
Date: Aug 19, 2007 8:07 AM
Gun Free Zones=Defenseless Victim Environment
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Thugs find it more difficult if populace is armed
Posted: August 14, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern

By Charl Van Wyck

A gunman opened fire in the sanctuary of a southwest
Missouri, USA, church Sunday Aug. 12, 2007, killing a pastor
and two worshippers and wounding several others.

My condolences go out to the local congregation, friends and
family of the worshippers who were holding the service at
the First Congregational Church.

This abominable act is not the first time that churchgoers
have been attacked whilst worshipping their Lord and
Saviour, Jesus Christ.

In 2004 one of the most dreadful campaigns of mass murder
was unleashed upon the Tutsi people of Rwanda. In just 100
days more people were slaughtered, many in churches, than
have died from atomic weapons in all of history.

Dr Peter Hammond’s book “Holocaust in Rwanda” documents how
gun control, media manipulation, liberal church leaders and
the U.N. played a role in this disaster.

When I visited the Democratic Republic of the Congo as a
missionary, I was told of rebel soldiers burying Rev.
Mungomba, the pastor of a local church, alive in 2001. His
congregation refused to stop praying as demanded by the
rebels. Two evangelists were cut up in pieces by rebels in
1998 and 2002 respectively. It is very difficult for armed
thugs to perform such tyranny if the local population were
legally allowed to be armed and could defend themselves.

I, too, have lived through a church being attacked, and am
blessed to be able to tell the story:

It was a typical winter’s evening in Cape Town, dark and
dismal. The St. James Church was not as full as it usually
was. There were slightly fewer than the approximately 1,500
worshippers it normally held, which was probably due to the
cold and rain.

Two young members of the congregation stood up and
ministered to us in song, when a scuffle at the front door,
to the left of the stage, drew our attention.

A chaotic scene unfolded before us. Grenades were exploding
in flashes of light. Pews shattered under the blasts,
sending splinters flying through the air. An automatic
assault rifle was being fired and was fast ripping the pews
? and whoever, whatever was in its trajectory ? to pieces.
We were being attacked.

Instinctively, I knelt down behind the bench in front of me
and pulled out my .38 Special snub-nosed revolver, which I
always carried with me.

The congregation had thrown themselves down ? in order to
protect themselves as far as possible from the deluge of
flying bullets and shrapnel. By God’s grace, the view of
the terrorists from my seat, fourth row from the back of the
church, was perfect. The building was built like a cinema
with the floor sloping towards the stage in front. So
without any hesitation, I knelt and aimed, firing two shots
at the attackers. This appeared ineffective, as my position
was too far from my targets to take precise aim with a
snub-nosed revolver. I had to get closer to the terrorists.

So I started moving to the end of the pew on my haunches and
leopard crawled the rest of the way when I realised that my
position was too high up. The only way I could stop their
vicious attack, was to try and move in behind them and then
shoot them in the back at close range.

I sprinted to the back door of the church, pushing a lady
out of the way, so that I could kick the door open and not
be hindered as I sought to get behind the gunmen to
neutralise their attack.

As I desperately rounded the corner of the building, outside
in the parking area, I saw a man standing next to what was
the “getaway” car. Resting on his hip was his automatic
rifle. The man was looking in the direction of the door
through which they had launched their attack.

I stepped back behind the corner of the wall and prepared to
blast the last of my firepower. I strode out in full view
of the terrorist and shot my last three rounds. By this
time, the others were already in the car. My target jumped
into the vehicle and the driver sped away immediately,
leaving behind the acrid stench of burning tyres and exhaust
fumes.

I remember thinking, “Lord why haven’t I got more
ammunition?”

I ran across the road to the house of a neighbour and jumped
over the fence. Knocking on the door I shouted,

“Call the police, there’s been an attack!”

Eleven people were murdered and 53 injured that fateful
evening.

This kind of thuggery usually takes place amongst unarmed
civilians. When last did you hear of multiple victim
shootings taking place in police stations, on firearm ranges
or at gun shows anywhere in the world? No, homicidal
maniacs prefer unarmed victims, i.e., usually soft targets
in gun free zones.

The Second Amendment IS Homeland Security !