I run the audio/video in the service and as I was walking out of the booth after service the pastor came up and we started chatting about my facebook page and laughed about how it has a primary theme about safety and guns. We talked about security and the unfortunate incident with the Illinois pastor a few months ago and how we really need to be security minded. He asked me more about guns and different types and as we were talking, CHL's came up (which for some reason always come up in my conversations
). After some more discussion, he asked if I had a gun on me, and I replied that I did. He was totally fascinated by it and mentioned that he had shot a gun a few times. He did say that he was a little concerned with guns, but I reemphasized the Illinois shooting and that only bad guys will not obey gun laws. Guns are perfectly safe and they are used to protect my family. I also mentioned that all of the pastors on "the board" seem to all have CHL's. This comment appeared to really win him over. I could appreciate his apprehension because most people think that a church is a safe haven, almost more so than their own homes.
I told him what I have and where it is on me and we talked about CHL's and how the video booth would be a good sniper location. I joked that from now on he knows that I better like his sermons "or else"
All in all though, it was a great conversation and I am a bit relieved because he "OK'd" it AND he is going to see about better security at church (I did remind him that no one will know that people are carrying if he is worried that some might be nervous reminding him that for the last 8 months I have carried every sunday and no one was the wiser). I also passed on some church security info to him:
If anyone in the DFW is interested, my Karate instructor, Bart Brooks is also into Krav and teaching churches better security. Here is a short clip: http://www.youtube.com/user/KravMagaTexas" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
His website and contact info is here (tell 'em Deeeeee-Wayne sent you) :
http://krav-magatexas.com/main/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Address: 209A E. McLeroy, Saginaw,
Phone: 817-306-8735
Email: info@Krav-MagaTexas.com
Address: 5801 W Plano Pkwy, Plano
Phone: 817-306-8735
Email: info@Krav-MagaTexas.com
Address: 453 W Bedford Euless Rd, Hurst
Phone: 817-306-8735
Email: info@Krav-MagaTexas.com
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