{"id":709,"date":"2018-05-18T11:06:43","date_gmt":"2018-05-18T16:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/?p=709"},"modified":"2018-05-19T11:48:44","modified_gmt":"2018-05-19T16:48:44","slug":"another-school-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/18\/another-school-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Another school shooting?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"710\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/18\/another-school-shooting\/38-1239261_640\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/38-1239261_640.jpg?fit=640%2C432\" data-orig-size=\"640,432\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;11&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 30D&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"38-1239261_640\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/38-1239261_640.jpg?fit=640%2C432\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-710\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/38-1239261_640.jpg?resize=300%2C203\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/38-1239261_640.jpg?resize=300%2C203 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/38-1239261_640.jpg?w=640 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Another school shooting?\u00a0 Our hearts are saddened and our thoughts and prayers go out to the students, families, faculty and staff at Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>This is unbelievable&#8230;or is it?\u00a0 What have we done since the Parkland shooting in Florida?\u00a0 Have we done anything at all?<\/p>\n<p>This time it was .38 pistol and a shotgun that was the weapon.\u00a0 Plus, there were explosives.\u00a0 The shooter was a 17 year old boy who will be tried as an adult.<\/p>\n<p>God, we cry out to you!\u00a0 What can be done to fix this?\u00a0 We must do something!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m tired of waiting for President Trump or Congress to do something.\u00a0 They are so slow.<\/p>\n<p>Let us make sure all of our families know Jesus as their Lord and Savior should they die.\u00a0 That way we have the hope to see them in Heaven again.<\/p>\n<p>Let us also make sure that they know the tactics for survival with an active shooter<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Run<\/li>\n<li>Hide<\/li>\n<li>Fight<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Note that this is very different from the kidnapping tactics for those of you who remember what we taught in Martial Arts Ministry of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Yell<\/li>\n<li>Fight<\/li>\n<li>Run<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>where the objective was to NOT get taken away or shoved into a car with a stranger trying to abduct you.<\/p>\n<p>The other thing to keep in mind kind of comes\u00a0<strong>before<\/strong> the situation &#8211; you need to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be aware of your surroundings and<\/li>\n<li>always be in condition YELLOW<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Don&#8217;t ever be lax and unaware.\u00a0 This doesn&#8217;t mean you can&#8217;t ever be comfortable but you should do things like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be aware of the people in the room and profile them<\/li>\n<li>Know where all the exits are<\/li>\n<li>Study some martial arts so you know how to fight (beyond the scope of my little blog post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Stay safe, God bless, and join me in prayer for the victims in Santa Fe!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another school shooting?\u00a0 Our hearts are saddened and our thoughts and prayers go out to the students, families, faculty and staff at Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas. This is unbelievable&#8230;or is it?\u00a0 What have we done since the Parkland shooting in Florida?\u00a0 Have we done anything at all? 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