Texas Man Accidentally Shoots Himself In The Foot In Church

A man open carries a 1911 handgun while listening to Connecticut Citizens Defense League President Scott Wilson during a CCDL gun rights rally at the Connecticut state capitol in Hartford, Saturday April 5, 2014 agai... A man open carries a 1911 handgun while listening to Connecticut Citizens Defense League President Scott Wilson during a CCDL gun rights rally at the Connecticut state capitol in Hartford, Saturday April 5, 2014 against the state's gun control law passed one year ago on April 4, 2013 in response to the Newtown school shooting. (AP Photo/The Bristol Press, Mike Orazzi) MANDATORY CREDIT MORE LESS
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A man accidentally shot himself in the foot in a church in Sulphur Springs, Texas, on Wednesday evening, police told the Longview News-Journal.

The man accidentally discharged his pistol in the Davis Street Baptist Church’s family life center, according to the News-Journal. He sustained minor injuries, and nobody else was hurt, police said.

Texas’ new open carry law went into effect in at the beginning of this year. The law allows private businesses to ban the open carry of firearms. And the Catholic diocese in the state is putting up signs noting that its churches have banned weapons.

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  1. He suddenly realized his shoes were made in Pakistan and realizing (with the help of anti-Muslim indoctrination) they might be part of an ISIS “sleeper cell” so, being a patriot with a gun, he took action.

  2. Where was the Good Jesus with a gun when we needed him?

  3. I’m sorry that he got hurt, but does he see the error of his ways?

  4. Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!

  5. Why don’t they just have a special ‘take your gun to church day’ for all these fools, then the ‘turn the other cheek’ christians know when to stay home.

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