Another shooting, four dead

[BainsBane]

HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A man fatally shot a woman decorating for a children's Christmas party at a tiny church hall and killed two men elsewhere in a rural township on Friday before he was shot dead in a gunfight with state troopers.
Three troopers in patrol cars were injured in a pursuit that began after the gunman, driving a pick-up truck, fired at them, police said. One trooper injured a wrist and then was hit in the chest but was saved by a bulletproof vest.
The gunman was killed during a final exchange of gunfire after ramming his truck head-on into another police cruiser, authorities said.


http://news.yahoo.com/gunman-kills-woman-pa-church-2-men-elsewhere-223709136.html


God help us.

[geckosfeet]

1. Hey Wayne. We need armed guards in rural township church halls too.

A$$zero.

[BainsBane]

3. check this out

from the end of the article:
"Friday's shootings were the second involving a rural Pennsylvania church this month.
An elementary school teacher is jailed on charges he fatally shot his ex-wife, a church organist, during a service in Coudersport on Dec. 2. The pastor and church members subdued him until police arrived."

But naturally we need to arm teachers, and make it compulsory according to a loon on Hardball today.

[dorkzilla]

2. Sadly, this happened at precisely the moment the NRA was calling for more guns.

This time they can't say its because they took God out of church. Perhaps they will say its because atheists are waging a war on Saturnalia

JUST MAYBE this would be solved by arming every pastor!!!!

[BainsBane]

4. more gun sales

that's all that matters to the NRA.

[Honeycombe8]

5. If only the decorating woman had had a gun.

That goes to show you. The element of surprise is critical in these types of things. Even if you have a gun in such a situation, it's not likely to help you. Also, a pistol wouldn't protect her against a rifle shot from a distance.