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<blockquote data-quote="TerryMiller" data-source="post: 3313599" data-attributes="member: 7900"><p>Roughly about 10 years or so ago, I was part of the security team at our church. At least two of us were armed and sat/stood in the lobby/foyer of our church. When church services started, one of us made the rounds of the doors with access from the outside and locked them all. This effort began right after 9/11 and it still continues. However, we are a church of around 300, and I have no idea how many of the congregation are armed.</p><p></p><p>A friend expressed concern that anyone other than "hired" security would act as security for a church and whether their actions to stop an intruder would even be legal. I visited with one in our church today who is still on the security team and is also an attorney. He stated that a firearm is simply an "extension" of one's hand and arm. If one would be willing to use one's hand and arm to disarm or disable a dangerous intruder, then using the firearm would simply be likely to be considered as "legal."</p><p></p><p>By all means, any that consider doing such a job need to watch that video of the guy that critiqued the shooting at the West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement, TX. In talking with my attorney friend today, we discussed that. Our "read" was that the guy that pulled his weapon when the intruder stood up and showed a weapon was in the wrong place. Granted, he was behind the intruder in the church, but he wasn't close enough to the guy. If he had been seated immediately behind the "suspicious" attendee, he might have been able to disarm the guy instead of being too far away and being a target himself. In my view, he died for that mistake.</p><p></p><p>All that said, I can fully understand GED's church problem. I've been a member of churches with that small of a membership and getting sufficient enough people for a security team can be difficult. However, remember that the guy that stopped the shooting mentioned above is probably in that 60+ age range, so don't rule out the older guys.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryMiller, post: 3313599, member: 7900"] Roughly about 10 years or so ago, I was part of the security team at our church. At least two of us were armed and sat/stood in the lobby/foyer of our church. When church services started, one of us made the rounds of the doors with access from the outside and locked them all. This effort began right after 9/11 and it still continues. However, we are a church of around 300, and I have no idea how many of the congregation are armed. A friend expressed concern that anyone other than "hired" security would act as security for a church and whether their actions to stop an intruder would even be legal. I visited with one in our church today who is still on the security team and is also an attorney. He stated that a firearm is simply an "extension" of one's hand and arm. If one would be willing to use one's hand and arm to disarm or disable a dangerous intruder, then using the firearm would simply be likely to be considered as "legal." By all means, any that consider doing such a job need to watch that video of the guy that critiqued the shooting at the West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement, TX. In talking with my attorney friend today, we discussed that. Our "read" was that the guy that pulled his weapon when the intruder stood up and showed a weapon was in the wrong place. Granted, he was behind the intruder in the church, but he wasn't close enough to the guy. If he had been seated immediately behind the "suspicious" attendee, he might have been able to disarm the guy instead of being too far away and being a target himself. In my view, he died for that mistake. All that said, I can fully understand GED's church problem. I've been a member of churches with that small of a membership and getting sufficient enough people for a security team can be difficult. However, remember that the guy that stopped the shooting mentioned above is probably in that 60+ age range, so don't rule out the older guys. [/QUOTE]
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