Gunman Wounds 3 At Calif. Church Festival

Bystanders Tackle Man With Semiautomatic Rifle Who Attacked Church In Granada Hills

(AP)  A man with a semiautomatic rifle opened fire at a festival outside a Southern California church Saturday, wounding three people, one of them critically, police said.

Shots rang out shortly before 11 a.m. outside St. John Baptist de la Salle, a Roman Catholic church in Granada Hills, Officer Norma Eisenman said. Bystanders tackled the man and held him until he was taken into police custody, she said.

"He was tackled by an off-duty Burbank police officer" and taken into custody by Los Angeles police, she said.

The gunman wounded three people, including a female who was shot in the elbow, Eisenman said. Two people were taken to a hospital in stable condition and one was in critical condition, she said.

Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey said another person was treated for chest pains.

The motive for the attack was not immediately known, Eisenman said.

Church officials did not immediately return calls for comment.

[blackyowe]

I am not a bigot and I am Christian. These boards on CBS are full of very nasty people who are filled with hate towards all Christians. I am just a quiet Presbyterian who believes in helping others and believes in God. I am hardly a close minded Bigot. Shame on all you who just wish to kill all religion.

[obamawhama]

Your saying christians aren''''t bigoted?????


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Posted by tomanyt at 02:01 PM : May 19, 2008
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better yet..non-christians TEND TO BE MORE AND OPENLY BIGOTED..

[tomanyt]

more bigotry from non-Christians on these forums. Same old same old...different day
Posted by Christian735
Your saying christians aren''t bigoted?????

[guysdigdirt]

The truth sets you free.......so I hope you find it someday. I sincerely do.

Posted by Christian735

Hypocrite.

[gunsrevil]

I came here looking for gun nuts and all I got was a bunch of religious and non religious nuts. What a shame bringing religion to a gun fight, that just ain''t right!!!

[fibonacci_gr]

My name fibonacci_ was officially banned I think ... he he.

[payasyougo]

"Before Bush became Prez, this kind of trash would NEVER have made it to our living rooms."

You are so right. Before Bush it stayed in the whitehouse.

[ubrew12]

Christian735 said: "ubrew12...more bigotry from non-Christians on these forums. Same old same old...different day"

It might be less boring for you if you read and commented on my post.

[christian735]

Offering "salvation" before you murder someone is the ultimate repudiation of the name of Jesus - as you do incessantly.
posted by jumkey

Wow. You have completely and utterly lost your mind.

Unreal.

[christian735]

You don''''t get to hate in the name of Jesus Christian735. It''''s not what he wanted, not what he preached.
posted by jumkey

Again you false accuser, where did I say I hated anyone. You are blind! If you want hate, take your pick! You hate FloydZepp and others on here sphewing out an immense amount of hatred. As a matter of fact, if you want hate, look in the mirror. You keep falsely accusing me of things without an OUNCE of anything to back it up with. THis is a sign of a true lost soul desperately seeking the truth.

You have absolutely ZERO facts to back up your silly accusations that I am "hating" on people.

That is so bogus and it is so childish that there aren''t any words to describe your ludicrous accusations. Seriously my friend, please wake up and smell the coffee!!

Noone is using the word hate EXCEPT YOU!

[christian735]

You are an unbeliever and I feel sad for you.


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Posted by jumkey at 04:36 PM : May 18, 2008

I''m a firm believer in the Lord Jesus Christ. This kills you so you put yourself on some sort of judgmental pedastol making yourself the authority over all of us Christians, which is not only arrogant, but it''s just sad to see.

I''m a firm believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, and I kindly provided you with links and other information where you could go out and see for yourself what happens to Muslims who come to know Christ. But you instead decide to wrongfully attack my faith in the Lord because you know you can''t win the argument based on facts, so your only resort is to attack.

This is truly pathetic my friend. Pathetic to the extreme.

[christian735]

Evangelize THAT, you Christian morons!!


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Posted by ubrew12 at 03:33 PM : May 18, 2008


more bigotry from non-Christians on these forums. Same old same old...different day

[jumkey]

Fact is, if we hated them, we wouldn''''t share with them the Gospel of Truth, of who Jesus really is.
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It is ultimately their choice to choose Him or reject Him.

Posted by Christian735

Yeah, like the Spaniards "shared" the Gospel with native Americans before they killed them in the name of Jesus.

Offering "salvation" before you murder someone is the ultimate repudiation of the name of Jesus - as you do incessantly.

You don''t get to hate in the name of Jesus Christian735. It''s not what he wanted, not what he preached.

You are an unbeliever and I feel sad for you.

[ubrew12]

Most Christian Conservatives vote Republican. And what do Republicans stand for? There''s a TV show on these days called ''The Girls Next Door'' that depicts a group of women who''ve sold their bodies to a rich dude, and are living in pampered happiness for their choice.

Before Bush became Prez, this kind of trash would NEVER have made it to our living rooms. Today, along with half-a-dozen other reality shows, its common. It''s appeal is obvious: these are solid Republican values: to prostitute yourself for money, whatever the cost to your values.

Evangelize THAT, you Christian morons!!

[lightcatchr]

He was, and is yet, most likely, the wearisomest, self-righteous pharisee that ever ransacked a Bible to rake the promises to himself and fling the curses on his neighbors."...Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

Hey, religious bullies, you do not own my creator, and s/he does not wear your label of Christian, Muslim, Jew, Jehovah''s Witness, Baptist, Catholic, etc. My creator is NOT your own personal hit man. You are masters of twisted logic and hidden agendas. All you communicate with your "pray for you" bull is a threat to sic your big, bad deity on me to destroy me and anyone else who disagrees with you. The same loose screw rattles around inside your Christian heads as rattles inside the heads of any Muslim extremist. Or inside the heads of any polygamous cultist. Or inside the heads of any Jonestown messiah and his followers. See? Nope, guess not.

[idnnsg]

"Yes,most of them are homosexuals and anti-christian." - mediapreachr

I suppose God told you that, right? If so, I think you better start questioning your God, because it just ain''t so. Any time you lamebrains hear any words you don''t like, you accuse the speaker of being a member of some group you don''t like. That''s so much easier than actually listening to what they have to say.

[idnnsg]

Christian735 says, "And I am very aware of the Trinity, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Jesus is all 3."

You should take a look at the history of Christian religious beliefs. The idea that Jesus is the Trinity is revisionist cr@pola. It is NOT what the Gospels say. It is NOT what the other books of the babble, many of which were conveniently eliminated by the early church, say. It is NOT what any Christian group that I can think of taught, until quite recently.

The utter failure of your religious dogma to actually allow you to become like Christ has put you in an extremely weak position-- logically, emotionally, and spiritually. In your desperation, you cling to the fantasy that you have a "personal relationship" with Jesus, that he is your friend and confidant. You are delusional.

Be careful, ChristianDrone735, adults who refuse to give up their imaginary friends often find themselves incarcerated in mental institutions.

[christian735]

You are so dumb you just assume that your old book is right without giving it any real thought. Brainwashed to the core. Dummy kwish-chun bwain.

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Posted by fibonacci_ at 01:33 PM : May 18, 2008

God Bless you! Have a wonderful day. We dummy Christians will continue to pray for you! If you''re blessed to live a long life (which is not guaranteed) I guarantee you that you''ll think differently while lying on your death bed.

But the choice is yours!

[christian735]

BRAINWASHED IDIOTS THAT HAVE NO CLUE ABOUT SCIENCE. DO US A FAVOR AND GROW A BRAIN.


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Posted by fibonacci_ at 01:32 PM : May 18, 2008

So angry. So sad. Mormons, Muslims, Jehovah''s Witnesses.......they are all following false teachings, and "religion".

Only through Christ can you escape religion and know the Truth.

You''ve been told. My work is done. Christ offers His love to all, and His gift of eternal life to all. But not all accept Him.

I don''t need religion. All I need is Christ.

The truth sets you free.......so I hope you find it someday. I sincerely do.

[fibonacci_]

Holy spirit moly girit. You are just like the Mormons that met me a couple weeks ago. Just like the brainwashed Muslims I have debated with. Like the Jehovahs witnesses that go door to door etc. etc.

BRAINWASHED IDIOTS THAT HAVE NO CLUE ABOUT SCIENCE. DO US A FAVOR AND GROW A BRAIN.