Mass Shooting at a Church in Nigeria – At Least 50 Dead

Oh, dear.

Guns are attacking people again. This time in Nigeria.

AP:

Gunmen opened fire on worshippers and detonated explosives at a Catholic church in southwestern Nigeria on Sunday, leaving dozens feared dead, state lawmakers said.

The attackers targeted the St. Francis Catholic Church in Ondo state just as the worshippers gathered on Pentecost Sunday, legislator Ogunmolasuyi Oluwole said. Among the dead were many children, he said.

The presiding priest was abducted as well, said Adelegbe Timileyin, who represents the Owo area in Nigeria’s lower legislative chamber.

“Our hearts are heavy,” Ondo Governor Rotimi Akeredolu tweeted Sunday. “Our peace and tranquility have been attacked by the enemies of the people.”

Authorities did not immediately release an official death toll. Timileyin said at least 50 people had been killed, though others put the figure higher. Videos appearing to be from the scene of the attack showed church worshippers lying in pools of blood while people around them wailed.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said “only fiends from the nether region could have conceived and carried out such dastardly act,” according to a statement from his spokesman.

“No matter what, this country shall never give in to evil and wicked people, and darkness will never overcome light. Nigeria will eventually win,” said Buhari, who was elected after vowing to end Nigeria’s prolonged security crisis.

The Democrats have been calling for gun control, claiming that the reason these mass shootings happen in America is that America has more guns per capita. This is obviously nonsensical, because most gun owners do not commit mass shootings. I pointed out than in virtually any country – at least more than half of countries – if a criminal is intent on committing a mass shooting, he can find the guns necessary.

Here’s the world map of civilian gun ownership. Please note Nigeria:

And yet somehow, with less than 5% of total civilian gun ownership, Nigerians were able to carry out a mass shooting more deadly than all of the recent mass shootings in America combined.

How is this possible, according to the logic of the Democrat gun grabbers?

Well, the answer is: this event is impossible. According to them, it did not happen, because it is impossible.

The big problem there is that it did happen.

Criminals are going to have guns, people are going to die, the solution is to allow more people to have guns so they can defend themselves.