NRA board member blames pastor for Charleston deaths

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

The bodies aren't quite cold but that won't stop the NRA from trampling on a grave that's not even dug yet. One of their gun nuts murdered nine people in a terrorist attack with a gun that the NRA practically put into his murderous hands and they want to point fingers at one of the victims? These people have no shame.

NRA board member blames pastor for Charleston deaths

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/06/nra-board-member-blames-clementa-pinckney-charleston-shooting-119202.html#ixzz3dVktZLJB

Edited June 19, 2015 by Mr. Big Dog

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If he had voted to allow gun owners to carry their own weapons, Charles Cotton wrote, eight of his church members might be alive.

I would have to agree with his statements.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Yeah, you would. No surprise there.

[lostinblue 1,989]

I carry in church ... Mentioned that months ago .. it got a lot of laughs from the liberals on here. .

[Teddy B 17,252]

Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs these gun nuts!

In one thread discussing the shooting at Emanuel AME Church on Thursday morning, a user with the name ShootDonTalk wrote: “Something else to consider: The pastor of this church, who was killed, is a State Legislator in S.C.”

“And he voted against concealed-carry. Eight of his church members who might be alive if he had expressly allowed members to carry handguns in church are dead,” Cotton responded to the post on Thursday afternoon. “Innocent people died because of his position on a political issue.”

[decocker 7,198]

f the nra.

that being said, the bodies weren't cold when obama started in with gun control. and i think that is in poor taste. and stupid, since all the gun nuts are right back on square one (this was all a ploy to allow obama to take all yer gunz, etc.)

I carry in church ... Mentioned that months ago .. it got a lot of laughs from the liberals on here. .

still laughing, actually.

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Making a church or daycare a gunfree zone is stupid, I wasn't aware any state would outlaw guns in places like that.

In Texas we have no such restrictions.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Guns everywhere in Texas and yet there are shootings with mass casualties all over the place. The armed Texas citizenry is failing to prove the insane NRA claim.

[Teddy B 17,252]

I carry in church ... Mentioned that months ago .. it got a lot of laughs from the liberals on here. .

You going to church is comical, the fact that you carry in church is completely ridiculous.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

f the nra.

that being said, the bodies weren't cold when obama started in with gun control. and i think that is in poor taste. and stupid, since all the gun nuts are right back on square one (this was all a ploy to allow obama to take all yer gunz, etc.)

still laughing, actually.

word

[lostinblue 1,989]

You going to church is comical, the fact that you carry in church is completely ridiculous.

Edited June 19, 2015 by lostinblue

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

[decocker 7,198]

[Teddy B 17,252]

[lostinblue 1,989]

http://www.goupstate.com/article/20120325/ARTICLES/120329781/1112

Sheriff: Man kicks in church side door, points shotgun

As they are before most worship services, the doors of Boiling Springs' South Side Freewill Baptist Church were open on Sunday morning.

Rev. Henry Guyton, pastor of the church, said Jesse Gates, who has attended worship services at the church on Upper Valley Falls Road as recently as Wednesday, came to the door about 10 a.m. on Sunday.

“He came in before the service and acted like he was having a heart attack,” Guyton, 71, said. “He asked us to call Channel 7 news. I called 911 instead.”

Sheriff Chuck Wright said deputies and Spartanburg EMS arrived, and checked out Gates, and Gates left.

About 11:20 a.m., Jesse Gates returned to the church. The Rev. Guyton's grandson, Aaron Guyton, 26, was in the recreation building separate from the church and saw Gates get a shotgun from the trunk of his car.

“At that point, I knew I had to do something,” Aaron Guyton said. “I wanted to try to contain him outside.”

Aaron Guyton went into the main building and locked the doors.

Henry Guyton said he was in the pulpit, preaching about how Jesus spoke the word of God and healed the sick, when Gates kicked open the side door of the sanctuary and entered with the shotgun, pointing it at the pastor and congregation.

Church members, including Aaron Guyton, a concealed weapons permit holder, acted quickly.

Aaron Guyton held Gates at gunpoint, as church members Jesse Smith and Leland Powers held him on the floor and waited for deputies to arrive. The Rev. Guyton said he stepped onto a chair, climbed down a 3-foot bannister surrounding the pulpit and took the shotgun from Jesse Gates.