tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post353985872771126580..comments2024-03-28T20:30:10.681-04:00Comments on southern orders: WHAT MUST CHURCHES, SYNAGOGUES AND OTHER HOUSES OF WORSHIP DO WITH WHAT SEEMS TO BE ALL THESE COPYCAT MASS SHOOTINGS?Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-30055200242656157522018-11-08T15:27:01.005-05:002018-11-08T15:27:01.005-05:00Generally there is much more value having a plan a...Generally there is much more value having a plan and practicing it for emergencies. For example, the actions for a room full of people being attacked by a mad gunner are very similar to a tornado warning. I am in favor of the armed and trained citizen but can contribute to the problem if the training isn’t rehersed frequently. If the nutjob attacks an individual parishioner the reaction is very different than in the nave for Easter Mass with (hopefully) hundreds packed close in. rcghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00661998350597126663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-54762602298963869892018-11-08T12:41:15.248-05:002018-11-08T12:41:15.248-05:00Agree with Fr. K.Agree with Fr. K.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01504517769804159508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-89426587120624260912018-11-08T12:31:25.067-05:002018-11-08T12:31:25.067-05:00Most large clubs and bars have armed security. Man...Most large clubs and bars have armed security. Many schools have campus police -- Parkland did, of course. Colleges do. Military bases do, of course. All of those places have experienced mass shootings. The idea that a "good guy with a gun" is going to protect a church congregation from a heavily armed nut who wants to kill people is a fantasy.Danielnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-68204615289167003102018-11-08T10:22:59.149-05:002018-11-08T10:22:59.149-05:00"Unless you have an armed guard at the entran..."Unless you have an armed guard at the entrance of the building, no one would know that a person with murderous intent..." <br /><br />Unless the person entering with murderous intent does so with guns in plain sight, no armed guard is going to be able to pick him out of the crowd.<br /><br />Given the reports we hear of shootings we are being conditioned to think that our lives are in danger almost constantly. There are many things that may threaten our lives, but being a victim of a mass shooting is way down the list. For example, it is more likely that we will be killed in our homes by falling furniture or outside our homes by a dog attack. As of 2016, 869 people have been killed in mass shootings in the USA since 1966. <br /><br />An armed guard at the front door of the Cathedral or a church architecturally similar like yours is going to be mightily challenged to stop a shooter during a mass with 400 or 600 people in the pews if that shooter has taken a place in one of the transept seating areas.<br /><br />The last consideration is that we have, for whatever reasons, come to think that our safety should be guaranteed 100% of the time. While no one is expecting a large tree to fall on his/her house in calm weather, it happens. No one is expecting natural gas lines to explode, but it happens. No one is expecting to have a severe adverse reaction to some medication, but it happens.<br /><br />Our lives are temporary things. We do what is reasonable to care for ourselves, we avoid legitimate risks. But we also have to avoid falling into the trap of being paranoid.Fr. Michael J. Kavanaughnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-3625391364329498332018-11-08T10:16:32.293-05:002018-11-08T10:16:32.293-05:00Call it the NRA tax. Send the bill to your elected...Call it the NRA tax. Send the bill to your elected representative & senator.Danielnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-5581641969431683772018-11-08T09:08:19.732-05:002018-11-08T09:08:19.732-05:00Jack here...
Do we have to pay off-duty law enfor...Jack here...<br /><br />Do we have to pay off-duty law enforcement to guard us?<br />Short answer: Yes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com