[Magdalen] Please Pray - Shooting in Charleston, SC church

[Lynn Ronkainen]

IAN  M bit I think whole point of M's post was the NRA's response actual or imagined. 
Lynn

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On Jun 20, 2015, at 12:22 PM, Zephonites--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

Dear M

The whole point is that if the USA is a civilised society we  should not 
have to carry guns to prayer meetings!!

Once you attribute blame to people being unarmed then where do you stop in  
arming yourself. A submachine gun next, a bazooka in case Al Queda attack 
you  with a tank, an atomic 

Even for the gun lobby that is an asinine defence! And I am not a  bleeding 
heart liberal!!

Sadly criminals already have guns and I see no reason why ordinary citizens 
cannot if they so wish arm themselves for defence. But to blame the 
victims for  not arming themselves is crass stupidity.

Blessings
Martin
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> On Jun 18, 2015, at 5:27 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com>  wrote:
> 
> I'm afraid many people will say, as an answer to your  first
> question, "South Carolina."
> 
> The NRA will most  likely claim that if the pastor and his prayer
> group had been armed they  would have been able to defend
> themselves.
> -M
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 5:14 PM, ROGER STOKES  
<roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com
>> wrote:
> 
>> I am  also glad he has been captured alive.  Two other thoughts - what  
sort
>> of home life did he have to feel like this and be given a gun  as a
birthday
>> present?  What will the NRA have to say - if  anything?
>> 
>>