Hundreds in Louisville tote guns to church. Church raffles off firearms.

[madfloridian]

Pastor's celebration of the Second Amendment draws crowd of 200.


Ed Reinke | The Associated Press
Liz Boyer sells a raffle ticket for a new firearm to Tom Schultz before a service in the New Bethel Church where people were invited to bring their own firearms to the sanctuary in Louisville, Ky.

Ken Pagano asked his flock to bring their unloaded handguns - in holsters - to New Bethel Church in Louisville for a celebration of the Second Amendment. When the event got under way a little after 5 p.m. Saturday, about 200 people - many carrying small firearms - sat in the Pentecostal church sanctuary.

"We are wanting to send a message that there are legal, civil, intelligent and law-abiding citizens who also own guns," Pagano said in greeting the audience, which included people who do not belong to his church.

"If it were not for a deep-seated belief in the right to bear arms, this country would not be here today," he said, drawing hearty applause and exclamations of "amen!"

Pagano says he got the idea for the event after some of his church members expressed concern about the Obama administration's views on gun control, though the president hasn't moved to put new restrictions on gun ownership. He says the gathering was meant to promote safe gun ownership. The "Open Carry Celebration" included a handgun raffle, patriotic music and screening of videos on gun safety.

[realisticphish]

1. it really boggles the mind

I own guns, have done my whole life.

But where the FUCK does a pastor get the impression that it's following in Jesus' footsteps to encourage people to bring guns to church?

[KillCapitalism]

31. Yeah, it's unusual behavior.

It's fine to own guns b/c it's a right, but when you openly wear one around in public, it's like saying "Don't fuck with me or I'll shoot you."

[The Straight Story]

2. Did they shoot each other? From what I have learned on here, they should all be dead

or robbing each other, accidentally blowing the heads of their kids etc.

Any gun will cause this, because guns are really aliens with a mind of their own...

[niceypoo]

20. Unloaded guns just go 'Click'

Next time read beyond the caption

[The Straight Story]

23. So someone checked all the guns? And does it even matter? Guns kill all, no bullets or human needed

[Ian David]

27. Guns don't kill people. Fox News kills people. n/t

[Turbineguy]

3. Why don't they all

show up naked?

More interesting by far.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

4. "I don't care if it rains in heaven long as I got my Smith & Wesson..."

[dbonds]

5. How many times have you been at a religious ceremony/ritual...

Feeling the spirit, the oneness of everything, that love means everything is connected, and thought - 'What would really help this moment, a gun'.

[dmallind]

6. And yet nobody got shot in a wild west bloodbath.

I thought lots of guns in the hands of normal folks led to blood-soaked carnage on the streets?

[The_Commonist]

7. These people are nuts!

Seriously... over the top, batshit crazy!

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

13. My wife, who doesn't speak English, saw me browsing on this thread and got curious

about what "batshit crazy" means. I explained it (the literal translation amused her a lot). Then I told why was it used. She says, "Wow. In this context, it makes a LOT of sense."

Wise, she is.

[The_Commonist]

15. That's pretty funny!

Thanks for sharing that story...

[donco6]

17. I'm still trying to figure out how you *would* explain what it means.

American idioms can be really confusing. But it's hilarious she would ask about that.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

34. Hm, "Crazy as excrement from bats?"

I tried.

[RagAss]

8. I believe I heard the guns were not loaded.

[Ocracoker16]

9. that is what it says in the OP

[MindPilot]

10. Let 'em keep thinking Obama "will take away their guns"

in the meantime all us gun-totin' liberals will keep ours.

[RagAss]

12. Yup...we need them more.

[Ian David]

11. Gun Sale At The Church!

Gun Sale at the Church
Topic started by IanDB1 on Jul-12-08 06:48 PM (3 replies)
Last modified by Wickerman on Jul-12-08 10:37 PM
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

[aikoaiko]

19. I had to look up the lyrics...

...


Gun Sale At The Church
(Written by Buddy Blue)

Well let's pack up the kids
and take a break, get away
leave the hustle and bustle
of living from day to day
and I know that the crime
in the city is getting worse

So I'm going on down to
the gun sale at the church

Well my lady's all set
to have us a real good time
Baby Johnny got fins
but he don't seem to mind
so the family’s all ready
to pray at the holy perch

That's set up in the middle of
the gun sale at the church

Well we'll ask the lord to
forgive us for all our sins
and we'll look at the latest in
gold plated firing pins

Well my two main men are
Jesus and old John Birch

So I'm going on down to
the gun sale at the church

Well we'll ask the lord to
forgive us for all our sins
and we'll look at the latest in
gold plated firing pins

Well let's pack up the kids
and take a break, get away
leave the hustle and bustle
of living from day to day
and I know that the crime
in the city is getting worse

So I'm going on down to
the gun sale at the church

So I'm going on down to
the gun sale at the church

So I'm going on down to
the gun sale at the church

[madfloridian]

28. Heh heh Thanks for sharing that.

Never heard it before.

[marmar]

14. Now open your hymnals to "Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho" or......

.... I'LL BLOW YOUR F**KING HEAD OFF!

[madmom]

16. My first question when seeing this was Why did they specify unloaded? Did they not

trust their parishioners?

[aikoaiko]

21. whoops I meant to reply to the OP

deleted.

[niceypoo]

18. The republican party is a Cult

They have lost sight of where republican ends and where Christianity begins.

[aikoaiko]

22. OMG ONOZ

[Orangepeel]

24. nutty, but as long as everyone there knows everybody else has guns, whatever

I'm all for letting crazy people voluntarily associate with each other, as long as it is somewhere other than where I am.

[Initech]

25. Praise the lord and pass the ammo - literally!

[madfloridian]

29. Good one.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

26. They're probably making a killing raffling off objects of worship.

It's one of those "bad pun" days.

[and-justice-for-all]

30. That is just fucking stupid...what idiots...nt

[Ron Green]

32. Wearing your fear as a badge and calling it something else is just crazy.

I bet everyone there was white.

[proteus_lives]

33. Nothing wrong with celebrating the 2nd Amendment.

Everyone was was safe and I don't think it's negative.

I wish they would get over the whole "Obama is going to take my guns" thing though.

Either then that, I would go to an event like this in my town to see what they're saying.