DAVE ROSS

God sends a clear message

Jul 29, 2015, 6:08 AM | Updated: 8:33 am

Pastor Benny Holmes, and his pistol, of Baytown Texas is in the headlines again. (AP photo)...

Pastor Benny Holmes, and his pistol, of Baytown Texas is in the headlines again. (AP photo)

(AP photo)

Pastor Benny Holmes of Baytown, Texas is in the headlines again.

He was at his New Beginnings church early Tuesday when a thief looking to steal some computers broke down the door of the church, probably figuring it was a weapons-free zone.

But it’s not. Because, as any Baytown TV news anchor can tell you, Pastor Holmes is a “pistol-packing pastor.” A pistol-packing pastor who happened to be sleeping in the church with said pistol packed.

“I commanded him to stop twice and he didn’t,” Holmes said. “So, fearing for my life, I did what I had to do.”

He shot the thief in the shoulder, warning him not to move as he called police.

“It’s 322 North Alexander Drive … don’t move or I’m going to shoot you again,” the pastor can be heard saying on the 9-1-1 recording.

Last year, Pastor Holmes brought another thief to justice &#8212 a 52-year-old grandmother who he caught stealing packages off his front porch.

“I came out of my house and she turned a corner here and she met me and my gun, and I put her on the ground,” Holmes said last September.

He preached to his congregation the next day that God believes in the Second Amendment. Which I don’t doubt for a moment. When Jesus said turn the other cheek it was because that’s where he figured your holster would be hanging.

But I also note that there is no mention of either thief being armed, which means that God is also saying the best situation for a good guy with a gun is a bad guy without a gun.

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