Anti-gun groups and gun-ban politicians will try to convince you that very few people successfully defend themselves and others with firearms. That couldn't be further from the truth.
Houses of worship strive to be open and inviting; they are places of refuge for the vulnerable and needy; their doors are often left unlocked; strangers are welcome. So, then, how do we protect their congregations?
It’s sometimes hard for me to believe that it wasn’t until the late 1980s that the right to self-defense for law-abiding Americans truly began to be recognized in the modern era, and lawfully exercised, outside the confines of the home.