God sends a clear message

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.