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Inside the Texas church, she thought it was her turn to die. Then outside, a man appeared.
The Washington Post ^ | 11/7/17 | Samantha Schmidt

Posted on 11/07/2017 5:33:43 PM PST by Moonman62

She told her son that the shooter paced back and forth, firing into the pews and shooting at cellphones anytime someone tried to call police. He shot at her phone at least three times. “With every shot, she was crying,” he said of the woman. “She was just staring at my mom while she tried to comfort her.” As he fired rounds into the woman, Farida Brown held her hand, telling her she was heading to heaven. At that moment, she heard a shot fired from a different man, at the front door. The other man was Stephen Willeford, who lives near the church.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: church; devinpatrickkelley; shooting; texas
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To: Moonman62

He also stopped the paradigm of the anti-gun nuts, for which they’ll say he should have been charged with speeding on a public road.


81 posted on 11/08/2017 2:26:51 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican

A thing called meds.


82 posted on 11/08/2017 2:54:55 AM PST by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: lapsus calami

Simple. He hated God, humanity,and creation, period.


83 posted on 11/08/2017 3:17:43 AM PST by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: Louis Foxwell

Look for more churches to get really strict with the security bigtime.


84 posted on 11/08/2017 3:24:20 AM PST by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: BoomerBabe

In Kerrville, TX the VA Hospital used to be an Asylum for the Troops returning from WWI that had “Shell Shock” now called PTSD.
There was a Monument Plaque out front.


85 posted on 11/08/2017 3:56:21 AM PST by mabarker1 (Progress- the opposite of congress)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

>>If we locked up all the mentally ill, we would incarcerate 20% of the population. Most mentally ill are not harmful. The criminally insane, are who should be confined.

It never was an all or nothing policy. However, until Big Education decided that boys must behave like girls in school and Big Pharma was glad to medicate those boys that “mental illness” became so commonplace.


86 posted on 11/08/2017 4:21:38 AM PST by Bryanw92 (Asking a pro athlete for political advice is like asking a cavalry horse for tactical advice.)
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To: McGavin999
We used to have insane asylums where the mentally ill were confined and they tried to help them. Whatever happened to them? Why are the mentally ill wandering the streets?

Thanks to Jimmy Carter, they go to prison now - after hurting some innocent people.


87 posted on 11/08/2017 4:34:05 AM PST by KosmicKitty (Waiting for inspiration)
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To: McGavin999

“We used to have insane asylums where the mentally ill were confined and they tried to help them. Whatever happened to them? Why are the mentally ill wandering the streets?”

Conservatives hated them because they were too expensive and liberals wanted the mentally ill to be free to vote.


88 posted on 11/08/2017 4:35:27 AM PST by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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To: AppyPappy
It is inhumane, for all parties concerned, to not have well financed state run institutions for the mentally ill. Even the early republic had state run asylums. It is just common sense.

My experience with the mentally ill is that they have periods of lucidity. Long periods, that they use to fool the world into thinking they are ok, that and the new meds hide symptoms. These people need to be institutionalized because a "flare up" can be deadly to all.

89 posted on 11/08/2017 4:42:08 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va

Leaving them in society would make it easier to push gun control.


90 posted on 11/08/2017 4:43:00 AM PST by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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To: Moonman62

For later.

L


91 posted on 11/08/2017 4:55:21 AM PST by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: ForYourChildren

When seconds count, law enforcement is just minutes away!


92 posted on 11/08/2017 5:04:05 AM PST by techrules2002
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To: central_va

The only true cure is having exorcism done and you need a fully trained Catholic priest for that.


93 posted on 11/08/2017 6:17:01 AM PST by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: Moonman62
With great condolences and respect for the dead, wounded and their families

REMEMBER:

It is the positive obligation of every able bodied man to simultaneously rush the shooter. No matter how many are mowed down as they make the attempt, it is likely someone will tackle the guy and limit the damage to women and children.

94 posted on 11/08/2017 8:51:46 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (IT'S OKAY TO BE WHITE.)
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95 posted on 11/08/2017 9:02:10 AM PST by PMAS (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing)
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To: Moonman62

The heroic actions of the men who confronted the murderer show the why the Second Amendment is needed.


96 posted on 11/08/2017 10:04:54 AM PST by Architect of Avalon
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To: Moonman62

Bttt.

5.56mm


97 posted on 11/08/2017 10:06:14 AM PST by M Kehoe
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To: Architect of Avalon

And the Lone Ranger and his fateful companion Tonto gallop off into the future, glad for the plastic surgery and the camouflage jeep in place of the white horse. Hi ho, Silver! Awaaaay!


98 posted on 11/08/2017 10:29:17 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: lapsus calami
......”It is apparent that certain segments of this population do not want peace do not want to get along, deliberately incite others to take direct action, then in turn use resulting incidents as opportunities to try and disarm their opposition.”.......

Leaders or followers....you're one or the other. Most follow the masses...easily. Just depends on how loud and consistent the drum beat is and is maintained.

99 posted on 11/08/2017 10:43:58 AM PST by caww (freeen)
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To: Eleutheria5

I will be happy to read a translation of that post to English.


100 posted on 11/08/2017 10:47:13 AM PST by Architect of Avalon
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