Shootings in NV and TX

A shooting occurred at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas on December 6, resulting in three fatalities and one person critically injured, who later stabilized. The incident took place on the fourth floor of Beam Hall, home to UNLV's Lee Business School. Two university police officers engaged and neutralized the gunman, who was later confirmed dead by Las Vegas police. Authorities know the gunman's identity but have not disclosed it along with the motive. The shooting prompted a campus-wide lockdown, and four individuals were hospitalized for panic attacks. Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn G. Goodman expressed the need for government action to prevent future shootings. UNLV and other public universities in southern Nevada closed for the day.

In Texas, a shooter has been identified and charged with capital murder in a shooting spree in Austin and San Antonio that left six people dead and three injured. The suspect was arrested after a police chase. The shooter, a former Army officer, had a history of mental health issues and was involved in a domestic violence incident leading to his discharge from the military. He faced assault charges in 2022 and violated parole in 2023, leading to authorities considering him a fugitive. Despite deputies being aware of his location during an August incident, they did not arrest him due to the challenges of serving a misdemeanor warrant for assault. 

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The Remnant's Response

As we have written before, while it is good and right to create and enforce good laws (1 Timothy 1:8), it is also obvious that broken and mentally ill people will not abide by them (1 Timothy 1:9). This is why we need good and righteous men to be armed and ready to use force when necessary to stop them (Luke 22:36-38). It is foolishness to allow tyrants to confiscate weapons owned by good men, as evil unrestrained is evil unleashed (2 Thessalonians 2:7). It is the first job of the government to prosecute evil (1 Peter 2:13-14), but it is the job of good men to be ready to provide protection for others when necessary (Nehemiah 4:14 ). When 'deputies' fail to prosecute evil, good men must be ready to step up and stop the plague of madness before it spreads (Numbers 25:6-9).