A shooter at a Texas church was taken down by parishioners with guns seconds after he began firing. The volunteer members of the church's security team were able to carry guns into church due to a law passed in response to another church shooting in 2017.
Those parishioners, who were also volunteer members of the church's security team, are able to carry guns into church due to a law passed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in response to another deadly church shooting that took the lives of 26 people in 2017.Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick referred to the law during a Sunday night press conference, saying that it was passed following the deadly shooting at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs. It took effect in September, Patrick said.
Those with evil intentions will violate the law and carry out their heinous acts no matter what," state Sen. Donna Campbell, co-sponsor of the bill, said in a statement when the bill was passed in September."It makes no sense to disarm the good guys and leave law-abiding citizens defenseless where violent offenders break the law to do great harm."Read MoreLt. Gov.
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