Mass Shooting & Gun Violence | LDS Church Attacked

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dukeman92 said:
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1 Dead, at Least 9 Injured After Mass Shooting in South Carolina Near Veterans’ Center: ‘Hundreds of People Scattered'

Multiple people were shot near the Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Anderson County as hundreds gathered for the county’s sixth annual Juneteenth celebration on Saturday, June 21, the Anderson County Sheriff's Office stated in a news release shared on Instagram.
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A Juneteenth Celebration next to a VFW Post? Most VFW Post members that I knew when I was growing up didn't strike me as the type to celebrate Juneteenth. Most of the VFW members I knew looked down their noses at American Legion veterans as imposters and posers.
 
05C40 said:
A Juneteenth Celebration next to a VFW Post? Most VFW Post members that I knew when I was growing up didn't strike me as the type to celebrate Juneteenth. Most of the VFW members I knew looked down their noses at American Legion veterans as imposters and posers.
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“The shooting occurred outside within feet of a Veterans of Foreign Wars, however, the post does NOT have any affiliation with the event itself,” said the ACSO, per the release.
 
ZZLPHeels said:
“The shooting occurred outside within feet of a Veterans of Foreign Wars, however, the post does NOT have any affiliation with the event itself,” said the ACSO, per the release.
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I agree completely. My suggestion was that if the folks who were members of that VFW Post were anything like the folks who were members of the VFW post in my hometown many years ago, then they would have been extremely hostile to the very concept that Juneteenth was celebrating.
 
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I think this is the second or third time that I remember security staff at the church shooting someone to stop a mass shooter. That's kind of insane.

First, I'm glad there wasn't a mass shooting. Second, is it normal for churches to have armed security now? I've moved away from Christianity but growing up I went to a Methodist Church with about 200 people attending every week. So not megachurch big but pretty big. I can't even imagine someone being armed at the church for security. Has that changed?
 
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“… According to Maj. Aaron Turk with the sheriff’s office, an investigation revealed that one of the shooters from inside the party inadvertently struck and killed Hood. The person was reportedly among other armed partygoers returning fire at others shooting into the party from an elevated position in a neighbor’s yard.

“Our investigation into that point has been thorough,” Turk said during Tuesday’s meeting. “In North Carolina, the laws regarding self-defense are clear.”

It was believed that the gunmen on the hillside started the shooting, though it wasn’t clear how many alleged shooters were firing from that spot.

Deputies said in total, the shooters fired at least 80 shotsfrom varying distances.

Turk said multiple weapons were used, though, as of this writing, they haven’t released information on the specific types. Turk also confirmed that a “long weapon” was believed to have been used at some point.

As of this writing, it remains unclear what led up to the shooting.…”
 
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