In the aftermath of the recent Texas shooting at West Freeway Church of Christ, in White Settlement, Texas, where a deranged gunmen on Sunday, sitting in a front pew in a side row, suddenly rose from his seat pulled out a shotgun hidden under his coat and began firing, the blast hitting one parishioner square in the chest, he then turned and fired a second time, instantly killing his second victim.
Moments later the assailant was down from a single shot fired by Jack Wilson, the head of the security detail for the church, who immediately sprang into action the moment the gunmen open fired.
The deranged individual, identified as 43-year old Thomas Kinnunen from River Oaks, died moments later.
Wilson and his security team in which two of his men Richard White, 67, of River Oaks and Anton Wallace, 64, of Fort Worth were killed, was hailed as a hero, for stopping what could have been a much wider tragedy.
Wallace was serving communion when the suspect approached him twice before the gunfire rang out.
Appearing on NBC News, Wilson reiterated the moment leading up to the shooting, “When he (the assailant), sat back down the second time, shortly after that, he stood up, turned, and produced a shotgun.”
The surreal shootout was captured on a security video graphically capturing the violent confrontation and its aftermath, which instantly when viral on social media.
Hours after the video depicting the shootout was broadcast by all the major networks, houses of worship around the country began to respond on newscasts and on social media regarding incident in Texas, many began to question their own security measure and others seriously began considering their own armed security detail, moreover voicing support for Wilson, for bravely taking down the shooter.
However not everyone was pleased with the outcome, many on the left condemned the use of firearms within a church setting, preferring instead to have law enforcement confront the shooter, even if it meant more bloodshed.
One of those individuals is an anti Second Amendment Catholic priest who took to twitter soon after the church shooting in Texas.
For the record “Father” Jeremy Zipple, is the associate pastor of St. Martin de Porres Catholic Church in Belize City and former executive editor of America Magazine. Soon after the church shooting hit the airwaves Father Zipple responded on twitter, with a not so veiled condemnation.
“And some will say that’s imprudent and foolish and I’ll say, but where are the fools for Christ? And who said the gospel was supposed to be easy?”
— Jeremy Zipple (@jzipple) December 31, 2019
His reverence to the gospel, if you’re a Christian and in particular a Catholic, in regards to suffering, thus Father Zipple seems extremely comfortable, in following scripture, in turning the other cheek and allowing evil to shoot-up a church without defending his parishioners.
Not even the possible deaths of people in or near the church could justify arming his congregation, Zipple seemed to suggest.
“This Fri we’ll bury a 16-yr-old girl gunned down across the street from our church. 3 yrs ago our pastor was held at gunpoint in the churchyard,” Zipple tweeted on Monday. “But we’ll not permit guns in our church. Some Christians gotta be bold & say no more killing & we trust God enough to take care of the rest.”
In another tweet, Zipple anticipated objections from people who would accuse him of being “imprudent and foolish.”
Zipple also revealed the church had buried “eight parishioners under the age of 30 this year who were all victims of gun violence.”
“Guns in every church! Jesus must be so proud of modern-day America,” Zipple said on Tuesday in a tongue-in-cheek reply to an NRA tweet praising the “good guy with a gun” who had stopped the White Settlement shooter.
The leftists had to go all the way to Belize to find a priest willing to allow slaughter at a church.
By the time the Police would have arrived many people including the Priest would likely be dead. The world is not the same any more their is evil every where.
It appears the Priest is totally out of touch with the condition of the world today. It is the time to protect ourselves and our friends and Christian members of our specific churches.
There is the Christian Church and then there are the cults. The catholic religion is just that.another false church
I think a thousand years ago it was a church. Then it became all powerful and turned into a political organization. Then as they lost power and started losing membership they got desperate and started doing anything they could think of the get people into the church. That made it into a pathetic has been. Now with the last two popes it has become a cult following the “what’s cool this week” trend.
The catholic church has become the same as the episcopalian church or the mormons without the mormon benefits.
In so many ways I agree. The Catholic church is not the same as the one I attended. The present Pope is a drug addict on LSD.
https://youtu.be/B8N_xfyVXec
Looks like being Catholic has become a non survival trait. With leaders like this idiot who needs enemies??
BUILD THE WALL, DEPORT THEM ALL, MAGA, OR ELSE!!!
GO TRUMP 2020-2024-2028———————————-
I like it! Build the wall depot them all.
I had an illegal alien doing software development next to me at facebook. So much for “they only want the jobs americans wont do” garbage.
Good post-Jon.I think the numbers of idiots is multiplied by infinity as we progress into the year 2020.
Jeremy Zipple, is the associate pastor of St. Martin de Porres Catholic Church in Belize City and former executive editor of America Magazine, and is doubling down on stupid! Perhaps the next shooting will find him in the middle of the carnage while he waits for police to count the bodies and tend to the wounded!
Imagine if this priest was a chaplain for your Armed Services!
You know sometimes you just cant fix stupid. If the guy who claims to be a priest is this stupid why are other people listening to him preach. His interpretation of everything is wrong.. becymuase he is probably analing alter boys after mass anyway.
But then the pope is a fool too. When I was young they said the pope talks directly to god. I now know that is a lie. The last two popes have proven to bv be morons and if there is a god: he would not be a moron.
Why is there always at least 1 {one} anti person in every situation ? If someone was trying to get away from being shot on the street and would ask that priest for help , should the answer be “yes” or “no” ?
According to this idiot, he would turn the person away because there might be violence involved. He would allow the person needing help and perhaps himself to be killed or maimed because he thinks he should deny the needy.
I’ve had five friends, former acquaintances, or relatives involved in murders over the years. Only one died from gunshots. One died from knife stabbing, one died from use of an axe, one was bludgeoned to death with a hammer, and one was poisoned.
Muslims – Somali’s – Palestinian Arabs think. Goody, goody, goody. No guns in that church. Infidels will not be able to defend themselves. I can kill as many people, as I can, to make the being I bow down to, happy.
And Jesus said if you have no sword sell your cloak to raise money to buy one. Not an exact quote of the verse in the Bible but close enough.
Sorry to inform you bud. But our Lord gave us the right to defend ourselves. Not to kill for no good reason such as the man with the shotgun did.
I think the “Preasst”( purposely spelled as wrong as the Preasst is) is the largest hipo/crit I ever herd of. On my death bead I would not go to his church ever – he must be in league with his devil !!
John
The Good Priest is a fool!
He should stick to the teaching of Catholicism..
He would be a hero for martyrdom leading Christians to the lions den.
I was under the belief that life is sacred, isn’t that why the Church preaches against sucide and by not protecting oneself and putting yourself in harms way might be considered a form of suicide?
I will not be attending church in the fools parish..
???? If he didn’t want guns in church, Why did he hire 3 Armed people to be in his church?? Did he know something?? Kind of suspicious isn’t it!
Different church – the shooting was at a protestant church in texas, “Father Zippy the pinhead” is a roman catholic priest in Belize…
A well-regulated militia. the qualifying statement that gives the reason to be armed. people found little time to be part of a militia. so the one time when everyone was available was Sunday. the women would set the lunch after services while the men and boys would drill and respond to orders in an organized manner (REGULATED) This provided a more effective front to the enemy. states often required the people to keep and maintain a gun with balls and powder to maintain an extended fight to be well drilled to accept the orders of the one in charge. so why is protecting one’s self and family different now and then? the answer is none. the problem is that people use their power because they believe that guns are evil. just because you are clergy or a politician or movie star doesn’t qualify you to put someone’s life in danger too many who think themselves above us.at the risk of sounding redundant it is always about power and control. the problem?the constitution and a nation so well-armed that our entire military could not control us. the only answer then is to disarm us. The problem is they don’t have enough ignorant people to accept their definition of our rights. America awakens. Slowly, but the left must use more force and create more crime to justify the need to “protect” time to keep our clergy our politicians and movie stars to the message they are best at.——–Grampa
These Leftists need to quit smoking their BONG before they speak . . . Heck, they might even be considered halfway INTELLIGENT if they quit MOVING their lips altogether. the Bible SAYS so in Proverbs ” A FOOL is counted wise if he keeps silent (in other words, stick a rag in your mouth and SHUT UP! – PARAPRASED). Team Trump and his allies 2020.
I hope that the VATICAN disarms itself. The Vatican has its OWN military, its own security force and they are ALL fully armed. They have webcams in virtually every nook and cranny in Vatican City. They live in FEAR daily of terrorist attack but take measure to assure it does not happen.
I say that this “priest” as a WOLF in SHEEPS clothing walking among the flock. Catholic priests and members have no justification to say to disarm when the entire holy city is under the control fo armed fully trained militia lead by the leaders of the Catholic Church.
Further, if this priest used the brains and guts that God gave him, he would be ARMING his parishioners in ways to protect themselves. He would be using the Church Tithes to set up CAMS through out the ares of trouble. He would be allowing martial arts experts to train people to protect themselves from thugs and even when possible from guns. He would be working with government officials to end the problem and supporting the Protection and Self Defense of the innocent.
No, this is NOT a man of God at all when he does not provide for his family and protect them. 1Tim 5:8 .But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. Luke 10:19 Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you. 1John 5:18 We know that everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but he who was born of God protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.
Most importantly
Mathew 12:29 how can someone enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? Then indeed he may plunder his house.
The Father of a house is the PROTECTOR and is designated to protect his family from PLUNDER. You see Christ was passive with regard to government as he even stated give unto Cesar which is his. He did not wish for God’s people to rise up against the GOVERNMENT in God’s name. However there are MANY ways that Christ made clear that we (and especially the Father of a Congregation) are to protect the family and flock.
This man who calls himself a priest is actually NO ONE’s Father and his flock should no longer follow his voice.
I wish there was some way of easily identifying people like this. These ignorant people are measurably safer because concealed carriers are near and around them. If they only know the reality of millions of guns.
IF one of these anti gunners would refuse to be protected by a concealed carry person—now that would be news. Instead, they will happily leave their protection to others and badmouth them at the same time.
Unfortunately these anti-gunners pay no price.
Zipple should stick to squeezing the toilet paper. He’s not smart enough to do anything else. I certainly would not want him watching over my children. He would sacrifice them willingly on the altar of liberal idealism.
Where did the idea of thy shall not kill start? The 10 commandments says they shell not kill as in murder. But god told the Jews to gather an Army to clear 2 cities and leave no one still breathing. Murder is a long way from self defense.
Secondly, a person I know keeps telling me that god is in charge of everything and will not allow anything bad to happen to her. I asked her if its OK that I beat her senseless then we can see if Christ shows up to stop me? That Catholic priest must be close friends with Liz Warren.
Perhaps close friends with Dianne Feinstein. She made a statement when speaking to the press and to the Senate that a gunman bent on robbing would turn themselves in and relinquish their weapon if they knew that no one in the bank or store had a weapon. How would you like this idiot being your spokesperson?
The Priest speaks from ignorance, iHe is willing to risk other people’s lives rather than permit them the right of self defense. His solution: eventually the gunman will run out of ammunition and leave the scene. Instead of two killed there will be 200+ killed, but all the dead will be at “peace”. Unbelievable !