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USA Today Article: ‘Terrifying’ That Texas Churchgoers Were Armed When They Were Attacked

Ryan Saavedra
USA Today Article: ‘Terrifying’ That Texas Churchgoers Were Armed When They Were Attacked
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USA Today is facing blowback over an op-ed they published from Arizona Republic blogger Elvia Diaz, who wrote that it was “terrifying” that members of the West Freeway Church of Christ in Texas were armed when a man stormed the church and opened fire on congregants.

Diaz wrote in response to hero Jack Wilson’s heroic actions in taking down the shooter only a few seconds after the shooter opened fire, “Unfortunately, that kind of split-second heroism has been turned into a PR tool by gun advocates. ”

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