Barack Obama's Gun Control Executive Order Big Fail

A still unidentified gunman shot down two parishioners when he opened fire on innocents praying inside the church. The two parishioners died at a nearby hospital.  The gunman was fatally shot six seconds after opening fire by two volunteer armed security guards.

Proof from the tragedy shows that at least four other congregants pointed handguns at the shooter, courtesy of the West Freeway Church of Christ having live streamed the 11 a.m. service.

According to police, the gunman entered the church at 11 a.m.

The gunman sat down as though he was just another worshipper.

A still shot—provided by law enforcement—shows at least four congregants pointing hand guns at the shooter, as fellow congregants were taking cover under church pews.

"Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, signed eight gun bills into law in June that included one that allowed legal gun owners to bring their concealed weapons into places of worship."

"Texas Tribune reported that the state's House gave preliminary approval of the bill more than one year after the shooting at a church in Sutherland Springs that killed 26. (Fox News) "We have learned many times over that there is no such thing as a gun-free zone," state Sen. Donna Campbell, co-sponsor of the bill, said at the time. "Those with evil intentions will violate the law and carry out their heinous acts no matter what. It makes no sense to disarm the good guys and leave law-abiding citizens defenseless where violent offenders break the law to do great harm. "Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, at a press conference after the shooting, praised the two volunteer security guards and credited the changes in state law. "The immediate responder is the most important," he said, according to the Dallas  Morning News. "The citizen responder. Because even though the chief's brave officers were here in less than a minute … by the time they got here, the shooting was over. And that always happens, that over 50 percent of shootings, our first responders, it's usually over when they get there, no matter how hard they try." "Democrats like Julian Castro pointed to the shooting as another horrific outcome due to lax gun laws and poor leadership. "We can take steps to reduce these horrific attacks right now—we just need our elected leaders to have the courage to act," he tweeted."

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"Self-defense can be an important crime deterrent," concluded a study by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) mandated via executive order by President Barack Obama. The findings also question the effectiveness of gun-control measures. "The $10 million study was commissioned by President Barack Obama as part of 23 executive orders he signed in January of 2013. "The study's findings include:

• Gun-use is the safest of studied "self-protective strategies,"
• Suicide accounts for most firearm deaths,
• Felons who use guns very seldom obtain their guns by stealing them, and
• There is no evidence that gun restrictions reduce gun violence.

"Studies that directly assessed the effect of actual defensive uses of guns (i.e., incidents in which a gun was ‘used' by the crime victim in the sense of attacking or threatening an offender) have found consistently lower injury rates among gun-using crime victims compared with victims who used other self-protective strategies," the CDC study, entitled "Priorities For Research to Reduce the Threat of Firearm-Related Violence," states. "Researchers also found that the majority of firearm deaths are from suicide, not homicide. "Between the years 2000 and 2010, firearm-related suicides significantly outnumbered homicides for all age groups, annually accounting for 61 percent of the more than 335,600 people who died from firearm-related violence in the United States." "Most felons report obtaining the majority of their firearms from informal sources," adds the report, while "stolen guns account for only a small percentage of guns used by convicted criminals." "The report expresses uncertainty about gun control measures, stating that "whether gun restrictions reduce firearm-related violence is an unresolved issue," and that there is no evidence "that passage of right-to-carry laws decrease or increase violence crime." It also stated that proposed "gun turn-in programs are ineffective." "Instead, researchers proposed gun safety technologies such as "external locking devices and biometric systems" to reduce firearm-related deaths."

"At the president's direction, the FBI will begin hiring more than 230 additional examiners and other personnel to help process new background checks 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Also, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has established a new investigation center to keep track of illegal gun trafficking online and will devote $4 million and additional personnel to enhance the National Integrated Ballistics Information Network. "The gun lobby may be holding Congress hostage, but they can't hold America hostage. We can't accept this carnage in our communities," Obama said in a Twitter message Monday evening, referring to the National Rifle Association." "Other aspects of the president's plan aim to bolster the FBI's background-check system, including a push by the U.S. Digital Service to modernize its processing operations and a proposal to add 200 new ATF agents and investigators to bolster enforcement. …"At least 16 mass shootings" took place during the Obama presidency, including the killing of 14 people in San Bernardino, Calif.,  in December of 2015 by a married couple, reportedly inspired by the Islamic State. …"Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton applauded Obama during a campaign stop in Iowa on Monday, saying she would go even further as president, and White House officials remained confident that public opinion is on their side. "We are dedicated to doing everything we can to get guns out of the wrong hands," said senior Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett. "We've talked to so many gun owners who don't believe the NRA represents their views."

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