A Florida church is reminding people that it is “heavily armed” in the wake of the massacre of 26 people at a small Baptist church in Sutherland Springs, Tex. (The Washington Post)Two days after a gunman killed 26 people at a small Baptist church in Sutherland Springs, Tex., a pastor at a Tampa Bay, Fla., church took to Instagram. Many of the 1,200 to 1,300 members of the River at Tampa Bay Church are armed and prepared to use their weapons if necessary, Associate Pastor Allen Hawes told the Tampa Bay Times. megachurch, he said earlier this month, is preparing to host church leaders for a security training. Read more:Opinion: For the love of God, don’t bring guns to churchThe lives lost in Sutherland Springs, Tex.

Source: Washington Post November 21, 2017 12:03 UTC