Elvia Diaz does not have your back
There are just some folks you wouldn’t want to share a foxhole with; And ‘Elvia Diaz’, even if she were a “10”, is one of them !
Kristine Marsh, writing for Newsbusters, correctly pegs Ms. Diaz’s histrionics about guns.
USA Today Op-Ed on Church Shooting: ‘Terrifying’ That Parishioners Were Armed!
“…Diaz was aghast that these other armed parishioners were also ready to save lives:But we know nothing about the at least six other parishioners who also appeared to draw their handguns at West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement, Texas. And that’s terrifying.”
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Here is a clip of the church shooting incident in Texas last week. It includes some explanation by a noted security specialist. More of his video-taped analysis is available here. Note that YouTube may restrict viewership so we have embed part of it in our own system — another advantage to traditional blogs as opposed to social media. Note to Ms Diaz — the video shows that competence and courage were not in short supply. (allow a few seconds for video to load)
More from Kristine Marsh column at Newsbusters
The media won’t concede that guns don’t kill people, people kill people. Even when armed churchgoers stop a gunman and prevent a mass shooting this past Sunday, some callous journalists used this event as a way to argue for more gun control.
In a op-ed picked up by USA Today January 1, editorial columnist for The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com, Elvia Diaz turned the parishioners who heroically drew their weapons on the shooter into villains.
Diaz only would concede that the man who killed the shooter was a “hero” because he met her standards of someone who should own a gun. She immediately lamented how this story had been utilized by the right:
Jack Wilson is a hero alright. It took him only six seconds to kill a gunman at a Texas church, saving countless lives. Unfortunately, that kind of split-second heroism has been turned into a PR tool by gun advocates.
The reality of Wilson’s heroism is a lot more complex. He wasn’t just an ordinary parishioner, as gun advocates may want you to believe. The church’s volunteer security team member is a firearms instructor, gun range owner and former reserve deputy with a local sheriff’s department, according to a New York Times detailed account.
In other words, he’s exactly the kind of man you want around with a firearm.
V’PAC:
Diaz has no way of knowing if the other parishioners were not adequately trained. Regardless, they do not get to have a sheriffs deputy at their side whenever they leave home. They have a right to protect themselves and others. One thing is evident in the video above, they were brave, drew their weapons and ran to the gunfire. Others used their bodies to shield others.
Ms Diaz presumably lives in Arizona, a state not hostile to gun rights. She might want to stay home as there are hundreds of thousands in her state exercising the right to carry. Rational people would feel safer in such circumstances, knowing that a good person with a gun is the quickest way to stop a bad person with a gun.
Related reading at Western Journal.
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