Secure Schools Need To Take Note, It's Not Enough!

 

Again another school shooting.  This time in Bend, Oregon.  Oregon’s laws also make it a crime for the citizen who stopped the killer.  As of today nothing is known about whether this will affect the citizen who saved lives in spite of the law that told him he couldn’t.  Law makers just don’t get it.  I don’t know why they think laws stop criminals.  I mean, the definition of a criminal is someone who breaks laws.  So these laws they have made to keep bad guys with guns away from schools seem to do the opposite.  Like any thinking person would knows, laws don’t stop the lawless. 

Also, this begs to make school boards get serious about school security.  I have many children.  But all of those children are no longer school age.  I have two who are finishing their higher scholastic degrees.  But my experience with public school is the same I had with the military.  When I left the military I could see it changing.  I knew that I could not deal with those changes.  It’s similar to public schools.  When our oldest was in kindergarten my wife FLAG and I could see the writing on the wall for public schools of which we both experienced as kids in two different states.  We wanted our children to have something different so we started home schooling.  This was when home schooling had a stigma of being substandard.  It is not.  Never has been.  Now since COVID educating online and at home has become the norm for many families.  When I was in high school, I had some friends who drove pickups with rifle racks in them.  Those racks had loaded rifles and shotguns in them.  No one cared and it wasn’t an issue.  Now with kids that are not being raised to be resilient, who can’t seem to handle life, shooting up a school is sadly common.  Yet the schools don’t understand the seriousness of this and are a little light on security.  They say they don’t want schools to resemble prisons.  In Oregon this kid shot his way through their security and started to kill.  If it wasn’t for a guy serious about his own security, then more kids and staff would have been killed, I’m sure.  The police were on site in 3 minutes.  3 Minutes!  3 Children and 1 teacher were killed, others were injured.  And the police were there in 3 minutes!  Think of that.  One nut case with a shotgun, not an assault weapon, went through security doors and started to kill.  A father with 2 kids at the school shot and killed the killer.  He broke the law to do it.  What’s wrong with that picture?  The police had just been through active killer training.  They just trained for what they were called to.  The father was not trained in active killer tactics.  He was right behind the killer yet 3 kids, 1 teacher, and at least 2 others were shot in that short time.  School Districts take note.

Watch this Colion Noir video:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RBKoms2T9o  Colion lays it out quite nicely.

If you want to know how to protect schools learn from Israel.  They have immense experience!

 Israeli law currently requires a guard in schools of 100 or more students. These guards are generally employed by private security companies, while the Israel Police (the country's civilian police force) have overall responsibility for guidance, oversight, and control for the entire security system of educational institutions, from kindergartens through universities. The law permits certain individuals to carry firearms in schools.

By law, the guard must check the school site 30 minutes before school starts. He or she then checks people and vehicles entering the school and can permit or refuse entry to unauthorized people. The guard is generally stationed at the school entrance and is responsible for security outside the school (but not internal security issues, like fights between students). In the event of actual hostile activity (essentially terrorist in nature), the guard must engage with the attacker or attackers.

Many Americans think everyone is a gun owner in Israel.  This not true.  In fact it’s easier to get and carry a gun in the U.S. than Israel.  But their schools are secure.  They are serious about the safety of their schools.  And it shows in the amount of attacks they have experienced.  There have been attacks but rarely and rarely are these few attacks successful. 

I want U.S. children to have a good experience in school.  My opinion of public schools is not that great.  Some have become a babysitting system that lasts 13 or 14 years long.  Extra curricular activities I think are out of hand including sports.  Public schools need to teach more and play less.  Schools need to teach and stop including politics and stupid social commentary.  Part of the problem in parenting is that the schools do too much of it.  Parents need to cowboy up and parent!  Stop coddling your little “babies” and teach them to be good citizens and good students.  Many will dump on me and call me sexist but I don’t really care.  I know times are difficult but Mother’s come home.  Two incomes are not necessary if you plan, sacrifice, and learn to live within your means.  Stay out of debt!  It can be done and should be.  Mothers need to nurture their kids and Fathers need to provide.  I realize there are some who think this can’t be done.  But I think it can.  Anyway, if some families would stop giving into society and what society thinks, we’d have stronger families.  I know that home schooling is not easy.  It costs more and requires more time and effort.  My wife taught our children for 36 years!  Sorry about that gigantic opinion fest I just experienced.

Public schools need to be serious about their security.  Law makers need to actually make laws that help that security.  I think my church also needs to take our security seriously too but that’s another article.

My heart goes out to those families that were affected by this killing.  I hope they can be comforted and strengthened.  My heart also goes out the brave guy who killed this killer.  He will have to deal with having killed another human regardless of the need.  I’ve experienced this difficulty.  I hope he too is comforted and strengthened.

I hope U.S. school systems, including institutions of higher learning, will change their weak position on security and decide to protect our kids.  I also hope law makers will stop this crazy fight between left and right concerning guns.  Our country and its freedoms were conceived and maintained by guns and righteous force.  Let’s stop fighting and be realistic in making laws.  No other country has a God given right of its citizens written into its laws. It’s there for a reason.  Let’s stop trying to undermine the document that grants us the freedom to do so.  Let’s strengthen ourselves and learn to live with defense and to grant others that same right.   

I’ve written about this before in 2018 and 2022.

Check out: Reprint From 2018:  Do We Want Our Schools Secure, Or Not? 5/27/22

Do We Want Our Schools Secure, Or Not?  5/22/18

Sorry this was a bit of a rant...

Semper Paratus

Check 6

Burn

Protecting Our Way of Life

Every Memorial Day I hear from about 8 guys.  These 8 inform me about how they are doing mentally, physically, and spiritually.  They also offer connection with several others, additionally about their status.  By the end of the day, I have a pretty good picture of about the 27 survivors of grid 4143 in Panama. 30 survived, 27 are left.  Last Memorial Day (2026) was no different and I had plenty of accounts.  As this group gets older there are stories of medical issues but for the most part all are doing well physically.  Mentally, there are only a few who aren’t affected as much as the majority.  There are several levels of PTSD because several of those 27 stayed in dangerous jobs.

But in communicating with one particular guy, I learned some interesting facts about our Panamanian vacation.

Jason “Jujubee” Davis (WIA)-6 years Air Force, Career PMC, Blackwater, MVM, and G4S.  Jason is an interesting guy.  He is quiet but intense.  Jason worked in intelligence in the Air Force and then had a career in government contract work.  He is from South Carolina and joined the military to get out of his small town, and the gigantic lumber mill that his entire family had worked for 3 generations.  He worked for 3 different PMC’s (private military contractor). 2 U.S. companies and a British company.

Juju was connected to, deployed with, and had even worked for (double dipped occasionally) the “Company” or the C.I.A.

He was over-the-top patriotic and did not play well with someone who was not.  He is a great proponent of freedom and standing up for the right.

I checked on his health, mental and physical, and he mentioned Panama and our central American vacation.  He mentioned how intelligence failed us in our adventure.  In 1987 and 1988 there were several incidents that would have pointed to a larger conflict that we experienced.  He also mentioned that intel knew we were going into an ambush.  The reason it was not such a devastating, overwhelming battle was the underestimation of the timing, and ferocity of our defense. They knew we were going to be surprised and estimated there would be an 80% loss and 20% capture rate.  They knew who they were sending and what training and experience was there and that there were only 34 of us.  They did not count on us being as good as we were.  They also didn’t count on the PDF being as bad as they were. He said the report gave specific details about the PDF.  There were 282 PDF troops including commanders.  They outnumbered us 8 to 1.  They had 1 50 caliber jeep mounted gun.  They had 1 120 mm mortar.  AK’s and Star and Taurus pistols. Several Soviet RPGs.   According to Juju’s contacts, the Army had the intel from the CIA but did not share it with the Air Force.  Once we were engaged, the Army told the Air Force what was supposed to happen.  The Army did authorize air support though they didn’t think they would need to provide it.  They thought we would not last the initial ambush and that we wouldn’t have enough time before being overrun to ask for support or exfil.  We did have the time, so they gave us Apache’s.  Had the weather cooperated, we would have been out of there pretty early in the fight.  Had we stayed longer than we did, we would have lost more guys.  Apparently, the government wanted to use this incident, us getting killed and captured, to further their plans to invade Panama and grab Noriega.  We were human fodder to carry out the plans of others.

I don’t know if I should be angry or offended.  I think I’ll just chalk this up to government garbage and not take it personally.  I can understand nut jobs that blow up buildings or shoot up government facilities.  I said I understood, not condoned.  The feeling of betrayal from the country you swear to protect is palpable.  I can see where the acts of well-meaning or evil men would spiral someone into anger and hate.  It doesn’t change the fact that I took an oath to support presidents, corrupt or otherwise, and allegiance to a country that allows me and my family freedoms very few in this world get.  If not for a superior force and great training the 27 of us who are left from the original 34 may not be here.  Many of us went on to serve this country with great honor.  Regardless of the plans of evil men, we were able to overcome their plans and continue on.  Most of those involved thrived in their lives with families, jobs, and living the American Dream.  I believe that being treated this way would have been disastrous in a lesser country than the United States of America.

Why do I tell this story?  It is a commentary on the crazy idea and experiment we call the United States of America.  I can say with a level of assuredness that the great freedoms that we enjoy in this country also gives evil people opportunities to do corrupting things to elevate their power or bank account.  I could be bitter about my experience.  I am sad about the loss of life on both sides.  But when you sign up to serve, you risk the chance that you may have to give your life.  You don’t ask why, that’s a question for others to ask.  I don’t like the idea of someone giving their life for an unjust cause.  But the guys we lost were helping their brothers to get home in one piece.  It may have been a waste, all war is a waste, but they did not die in vain.  They died for me.  And for you.

My point is, there are many instances where those who have sworn to do difficult and dangerous jobs, military, first responders, and others, give the ultimate sacrifice for those whom they serve.  Please remember this and know that this country is worth it.  Maybe not always our government is worthy, but the idea of this country is well worth it.  Many in this country don’t appreciate what they have or think other ideas or ideologies may be better.  I do not agree.  I’ve been to several other countries and have seen other ways to govern.  We have the best the world has to offer.  It is not perfect and with great freedom comes more risk of corruption and activities that are not lawful or good for people or the country.  I fought for the freedom that others have to promote ideas I may not agree with.  Let everyone be on notice: You can bring other ideas and ways you feel this country should be changed but know that people like me will fight you (legally not physically) to protect what we have and the freedoms we feel are gifts from God as did the founding fathers.  One particular thing that threatens our freedom is Sharia law.  This is something that I feel is a direct threat to our freedom and way of life.  

Learn what others are trying to propose and push that undermines our laws and country.  Fight against it legally and lawfully.  They exist and should be defeated.  Please be aware and active in safeguarding this country that I risked my life to protect.

Semper Paratus

Check 6

Burn 

 

Church Security (or lack, thereof) Can Someone Make Sense of This to Me!?

 This is a list of acts of vandalism, arson, aggression, and active killer events of the last 10 years that have happened on property of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  As the Church grows, I understand that these incidents will increase just from the number of buildings being used and built.  But one thing I have noticed is an escalation in violence.  I’m not sure it will diminish. I think it will continue to rise.

I know this seems to be criticism; I don’t mean it to be.  I think the Church is navigating legal and many local country's laws.  They also don’t want to alarm the general membership, which I understand.  

I am currently in a calling where I discuss and counsel with my Bishop.  We are pretty close friends.  In our discussions of security in our chapels and meetings we see a lack of almost any type of security.  The Church’s answer to this is in my opinion, “Run, Hide, Fight” and call the police.  I’m so glad that was not the policy when I was in combat.  The whole idea of an ambush is mostly surprise.  Running away is preferable, but not likely to happen.  Calling for protection is also futile.  And so, it is.

This is part of a list from Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_attacks_against_Latter-day_Saint_churches

·         March 25–26, 2016 – The construction site of the Meridian Idaho Temple was vandalized.^{[128][129][130]}

·         April 9, 2016 – A meetinghouse in Vancouver, Washington was vandalized.^[131]

·         July 26, 2016 – A meetinghouse in Las Vegas, Nevada was burned in an act of arson. A firefighter's union hall across the street was also targeted.^[132]

·         November 12, 2016 – The outbuilding of a meetinghouse in Rexburg, Idaho was vandalized with spray paint.^[133]

·         December 10, 2016 – A meetinghouse in Guelph, Ontario was damaged in an act of vandalism.^[134]

·         October 18–19, 2017 – A meetinghouse in Dublin, Ohio was vandalized.^[135]

·         January 9, 2018 – A meetinghouse in Twin Falls, Idaho was vandalized with graffiti.^[136]

·         May 7, 2018 – A meetinghouse in Idaho Falls, Idaho was vandalized with graffiti.^[137]

·         May 12, 2018 – A man broke into the St. George Utah Temple, broke its windows, attacked some of its temple workers, and smeared blood through an area of the temple.^[138][139]

·         July 14–15, 2018 – A meetinghouse in Millcreek, Utah was vandalized.^[140]

·         July 22, 2018 – A gunman entered a meetinghouse in Fallon, Nevada, killing one person and injuring another.^[141][142]

·         August 26–27, 2018 – The interior of a meetinghouse in Spanish Fork, Utah was vandalized, resulting in $5,000 worth of damages.^[143][144]

·         November 17, 2018 – A teenager assaulted and strangled a 70-year-old female organist who was rehearsing on the organ at a meetinghouse in Centerville, Utah; the attacker is believed to have gained entry to the meetinghouse by throwing a rock through one of its windows.^[145][146]

·         December 2, 2018 – Five people were injured in a mass knife attack at a meetinghouse in Goiânia, Brazil.^[147]

·         December 4, 2018 – A couch was set on fire in an attempt to burn down a meetinghouse in Fort Collins, Colorado.^[148]

·         January 26, 2019 – A meetinghouse in St. George, Utah was burned down in an act of arson. An Episcopal church was also targeted.^[149]

·         March 13, 2019 – Two meetinghouses in Greymouth and Christchurch, New Zealand, were burned in acts of arson.^[150][151]

·         March 29, 2019 – Two meetinghouses in Orem, Utah were burned and defaced with the words "Satan Lives".^[152]

·         March 29, 2019 – A meetinghouse in Concepción, Chile was attacked and burned via Molotov cocktail.^{[153][154][155][156]}

·         April 7, 2019 – A meetinghouse in Tejupilco de Hidalgo, México State was burned in an act of arson; a Catholic church was also burned.^[157][158]

·         May 15, 2019 – A meetinghouse in Boise, Idaho was vandalized, one of its windowpanes being damaged.^[159]

·         May 18–19, 2019 – A meetinghouse and its fence in Provo, Utah were vandalized with graffiti with hateful religious and political speech.^[160]

·         June 1, 2019 – A meetinghouse in Boise, Idaho was broken into, with some of its glass being broken.^[159]

·         June 1, 2019 – A meetinghouse in Farmington, New Mexico was burned in an act of arson.^[161][162]

·         June 21, 2019 – A meetinghouse in Cedar City, Utah was vandalized, causing thousands of dollars' worth of damage.^[163]

·         June 28, 2019 – A meetinghouse in Ogden, Utah was burned in an act of arson.^{[164][165][166]}

·         July 6, 2019 – The roof of a meetinghouse in Boise, Idaho was vandalized with spray paint.^[159]

·         July 6, 2019 – The exterior walls of a meetinghouse in Shoreline, Washington was vandalized with spray paint.^[167]

·         July 10, 2019 – An outside wall of a meetinghouse in Boise, Idaho was vandalized with graffiti.^[159]

·         July 14, 2019 – A meetinghouse in Cottonwood Heights, Utah was burned in an act of arson.^[168][169]

·         July 21, 2019 – An intruder attempted to set fire in a bathroom of a meetinghouse in Boise, Idaho.^[159]

·         July 21, 2019 – Two seminary buildings in Herriman, Utah were vandalized with racist graffiti.^[170]

·         July 23, 2019 – A gunman fired his weapon at a group of individuals at a meetinghouse parking lot in St. George, Utah.^[171]

·         August 12, 2019 – An intentional fire was set in a meetinghouse in Layton, Utah.^[172]

·         August 16, 2019 – A meetinghouse in Logandale, Nevada was targeted in an act of attempted arson.^[173]

·         October 11–12, 2019 – A meetinghouse in Boise, Idaho was vandalized.^[159][174]

·         December 24, 2019 – A man broke into and vandalized the Logan Utah Temple.^[175]

·         January 9, 2020 – Joshua Adams Hale pled guilty to willfully and maliciously set fire to and burned the chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Cherry Creek, South Dakota.^[176]

·         February 5, 2020 – A missionary training center in São Paulo, Brazil was infiltrated by an intruder armed with a knife; the intruder was shot and killed by police.^[177]

·         May 26, 2020 – Honolulu police launched an arson investigation involving an early morning church fire in Kalaeloa, Hawaii that investigators determined was intentionally set.^[178]

·         June 2, 2020 – A meetinghouse in Plano, Texas suffered under $30,000 worth of damage on one of the exterior walls of its property.^[179]

·         August 3, 2020 – A gunman fired shots at the church's missionary training center in Provo, Utah.^[180]

·         September 7, 2020 – A meetinghouse in Eagle Mountain, Utah was vandalized and partially burned.^[181]

·         November 12, 2020 – A meetinghouse was vandalized in Moab, Utah.^[182]

2021–present

·         January 17, 2021 – Randy Louis White, 35, of Sacramento admitted to breaking the window of a meetinghouse in Willows, California, entering the building and purposely starting fire to the building.^{[183][184][185]}

·         February 25, 2021 – A meetinghouse in Provo, Utah was damaged in an act of arson.^[186]

·         April 18, 2021 – A meetinghouse in Cape Girardeau, Missouri was burned down in an act of arson.^{[187][188][189][190][191]} The offender was sentenced to serve 111 months in prison and to pay $6,968,223.36 in restitution for damages.^[192]

·         April 26, 2021 – A meetinghouse in Fruita, Colorado was burned down in an act of arson.^[193][194]

·         June 15, 2021 – A meetinghouse in West Jordan, Utah was vandalized, resulting in $50,000 worth of damage.^[195]

·         August 31, 2021 – Three meetinghouses in St. George, Utah were damaged in acts of arson.^{[196][197][198][199][200][201]}

·         October 9, 2021 – A meetinghouse in Syracuse, Utah was damaged in acts of arson and vandalism.^[202][203]

·         November 12, 2021 – Two men carrying firearms entered a meetinghouse in Torreón, Coahuila during a zone conference among the missionaries of the Church in that area. There were 70 missionaries (57 elders, 13 sisters) in attendance along with the mission president and his wife. The two men demanded cell phones, tablets, and wallets, assaulting some of the missionaries in the process; the mission president and his wife were also assaulted and threatened with a knife.^{[204][205][206]}

·         November 7, 2021 – The Brigham Young Family Cemetery, a historical site owned by the Church, was damaged in acts of vandalism.^[207][208]

·         December 2, 2021 – A monument at the Mormon Battalion Historic Site in Presidio Park in San Diego, California was vandalized.^[209]

·         December 4, 2021 – A missionary was shot five times in a meetinghouse in Birmingham, Alabama.^{[210][211][212][213][214][215][216]}

·         December 28 or 29, 2021 – $30,000 in property damage occurred during a break-in at a meetinghouse in Kirtland, New Mexico.^[217]

·         January 2, 2022 – A meetinghouse's windows were damaged in an act of vandalism in Park City, Utah.^[218][219]

·         March 27, 2022 – Windows of the Brigham Young Winter Home and Office (a historic site and museum of the church) in St. George, Utah were broken in an act of vandalism, resulting in approximately $4,000 in damage.^[220]

·         April 28, 2022 – The roof of a meetinghouse in Modesto, California was intentionally but minimally damaged in an act of vandalism.^[221]

·         May 21, 2022 – A pro-abortion group vandalized a meetinghouse in Olympia, Washington as well as the buildings of three other faiths in the area.^[222]

·         June 29, 2022 – A meetinghouse in Monroe, Utah was tagged with graffiti.^[223]

·         July 20, 2022 – Fourteen meetinghouses were vandalized in St. George, Utah, in Hurricane, Utah, and in Washington, Utah by a group of three individuals.^{[224][225][226]}

·         July 25, 2022 – The Orem Utah Temple was damaged in an act of arson while it was being built.^{[227][228][229][230]}

·         August 2, 2022 – A meetinghouse was damaged in an act of arson in Boise, Idaho.^{[231][232][233]}

·         August 16, 2022 – Several meetinghouses were damaged in acts of vandalism in Sandy, Utah and in Draper, Utah.^[234]

·         October 14, 2022 – A meetinghouse in Pocatello, Idaho was damaged in an act of vandalism.^[235][236]

·         November 13, 2022 – A meetinghouse in Perry, Utah was damaged in an act of vandalism; it is estimated that thousands of dollars' worth of damage was done.^[237]

·         November 18, 2022 – The Logan Tabernacle in Logan, Utah was damaged in an act of vandalism.^[238][239]

·         November 25, 2022 – A meetinghouse in Saanich, British Columbia was damaged in an apparent act of arson.^[240]

·         January 11, 2023 – A Molotov cocktail was thrown at the LDS Conference Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.^[241]

·         February 12, 2023 – A meetinghouse in Elko, Nevada was damaged during a break-in, wherein two fires were set.^[242]

·         May 10, 2023 – The windows and property inside of a meetinghouse in Johnstone, Scotland were vandalized.^[243]

·         July 2, 2023 – The Bountiful Utah Temple in Bountiful, Utah was vandalized with graffiti.^[244]

·         September 21, 2023 – Nearly 3 dozen meetinghouses in the southwest portion of the Salt Lake Valley, Utah were burglarized and vandalized.^{[245][246][247][248][249]}

·         September 27, 2023 – A meetinghouse in Berthoud, Colorado was vandalized with graffiti depicting obscene language, phallic images, and antagonistic statements.^{[250][251][252]}

·         October 1, 2023 – A meetinghouse in Idaho Falls, Idaho was vandalized by two juveniles.^[253]

·         December 12, 2023 – The Provo Utah Temple in Provo, Utah was vandalized by a man with a hammer.^[254][255]

·         March 27, 2024 – At least three people attacked a meetinghouse in Henderson, Nevada by throwing an explosive into the meetinghouse while it was occupied; four people inside the meetinghouse were injured.^{[256][257][258]}

·         June 6, 2024 – A meetinghouse in Brentwood, California was vandalized with politically charged claims written in graffiti and two windows broken.^[259][260]

·         July 7, 2024 – A meetinghouse in Wiggins, Mississippi was vandalized and subjected to arson by a homeless, convicted sex offender.^{[261][262][263]} The offender has been found guilty of two counts of arson, damaging of religious property, and use of fire to commit a felony; he faces up to life in prison, and will receive his sentence in January 2026.^[264][265]

·         July 28–30, 2024 – A meetinghouse in Magna, Utah was vandalized, resulting in damages totaling at least $60,000.^{[266][267][268]}

·         October 4, 2024 – A meetinghouse in Santa Clara, Utah was vandalized.^[269][270]

·         October 8, 2024 – An arsonist set a fire at a meetinghouse in Elizabeth City, North Carolina.^[271][272]

·         December 17, 2024 – The Church History Museum in Salt Lake City, Utah was vandalized, resulting in an Oceanic tapa cloth (valued at approximately $10,000) being destroyed.^[273][274]

·         January 9, 2025 – A meetinghouse in Calgary, Alberta was damaged in an act of arson.^[275][276]

·         April 29, 2025 – A meetinghouse in Provo, Utah was vandalized, resulting in thousands of dollars' worth of damage.^[277][278]

·         September 28, 2025 – Grand Blanc Township church attack: A meetinghouse in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan was attacked by an active shooter. At least five people were killed, including the shooter.^[279] The building was also set on fire in an act of arson.^[280] The attack received significant national and international^[281] media attention, as it came during a time of heightened political and religious tensions in the United States.^[282]

·         December 8, 2025 – The windows of a meetinghouse in Idaho Falls, Idaho were shot out.^[283]

·         December 14, 2025 – At a meetinghouse in Bajos de Haina, Dominican Republic, a man attempted to intimidate and assault Church members with a toy gun designed to resemble a real firearm and with a homemade caustic substance.^[284][285] No casualties were reported.

Please don’t misunderstand.  I am not encouraging breaking the law or church

policy.  But I don’t know what else I’m supposed to do.  On one hand the church insinuates having faith in God’s protection.  Then on the other they say call someone with a gun or hope law enforcement attends the meeting you are attending and that they are carrying.  Does this make any sense to anyone?

I have been a firearms and tactical training instructor for over 35 years.  I don’t see the preparedness or self-sufficiency the Church teaches in any of this!  I’m sure the reasoning is something I’m not aware of.  Liability or something!  Whatever the reason, I will defend my family.

There are those out there who think the Church’s culture is violent.  I’m not sure what religion does not have a violent past.  From the Crusade’s to the Ku Klux Klan, religion has embraced violence.  I’d like to think that most Christian religions have overcome its past and progressed.  But passiveness, in my experience, will get you killed! 

 

I know what you’re thinking. “That Burn guy is going off about Church security again!”  And you would be right.  I just wish someone would make sense of this attitude and policy to me.  How can anyone protect anyone this way?

I’ll entertain any and all answers…

Semper Paratus

Check 6

Burn