An effective 911 response to an active shooting is going to take multiple minutes to arrive. Sometimes as many as 10 minutes or more. Those are horrifying minutes in which innocent people are being killed and injured. FBI statistics indicate that most active shooting incidents last around 5 minutes, meaning that most are concluded before the local police even arrive. A determined psychopath can do a lot of damage in 5 minutes.

There is a huge lesson Christian men need to learn from the two Michigan active shooter incidents. You must be prepared to defend your own parish. The resources needed to stop an active shooter need to already be at the parish, not on their way following frantic 911 calls. You need armed men guarding the inside and outside of your parish during worship. They can double as greeters, while keeping watch to ensure everyone’s safety. https://orthodoxreflections.com/christian-men-you-must-defend-your-own-churches/