Originally Posted by
Tensaw
For those of you who attend church where the carrying of pistols is common across the congregation, but where there is no security team, something to really get a handle on is the very real problem of cross-fire situations. This cross-fire issue where multiple, barely trained folks, might whip out the gat and start blazing away without any real consideration for the potential that their rounds might impact somewhere besides the crook was the impetus for forming the security team at my church. Probably the biggest gain with the respect to our security situation was shining some light on the cross-fire thing and coordinating the actions of various individuals. (One quick scenario whereby the bad guy strides into the sanctuary mid-service got the point across pretty quick.) We have pretty much put out the word requesting that, if you are not on the security team, please don't try to burn down the bad guy (with certain exceptions).
The other thing you discover when forming such a team is that the average gun-owner's marksmanship, gunhandling, and understanding of use-of-force is pretty abysmal. Kinda spooky.