NITAC

Just a thought, referring back to the Beslan posts, in regards the shooting at the church in Colorado...

I stated that I was wholly in favor of teachers being trained and going armed in our schools. I am sure that a lot of people out there would like to crucify me for that statement because guns are bad, and they are really bad around kids (we can't even have our children play cops and robbers, soldier, or even DRAW a gun for fear of being expelled from school for violating the zero tolerance gun policy!).

There are a lot of people who believe that a church is a sanctuary from violence (like schools) and that no one should have a gun in church (also like schools). Well, if it weren't for the armed security officer at the New Life Church in Colorado Springs, the body count would more than likely been much, much higher - possibly in 75 to 100 range. It appears the shooter in this situation had planned for a high body count in advance for his "Mission" by placing smoke bombs in the parking lot to slow down the cops, giving himself more time to complete his "mission".

An AK-47 is quite a deadly weapon. In the hands of a trained rifleman, he could have easily killed 15 to 30 people with one clip of ammunition, depending on the clip size. Just think of many shooters with AK-47's with multiple ammunition clips.

From the information I have, he was armed to the hilt and prepared to take out everyone in the church.

Hats off to the security officer...She undoubtedly saved many lives, possibly dozens. She is definitely a hero.

A most outstanding job Ma'am!