On 5 November Devin Kelley killed 26 worshippers in a Texas church. Pray for the Sutherland Springs community trying to cope with the tragedy. Pastor Frank Pomeroy knew Kelley as ‘not a good person’ but said, 'How do I turn him away?' Kelley had a violent history that was left out of a gun background check system. Pray for the such checking systems to be fit for purpose. Kelley left the air force in 2014 with a bad conduct discharge and the air force has previously requested a broader review of criminal record reporting across the defence department. The FBI said that there were missing records, bad procedures, and faulty reporting in the air force’s dishonourable discharge records. See https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/06/texas-shooting-suspect-devin-kelley-domestic-abuse-background-check
USA: gunman not recognised as dangerous
Written by David Fletcher 10 Nov 2017Additional Info
- Pray: for the revelations of substandard procedures around gun control to bring about changes in the US gun laws, and for the database checks to be improved. (Exodus 20;13)
- More: edition.cnn.com/2017/11/08/us/texas-church-shooting/index.html
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