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David Grossman's avatar

Great job capturing this story for your audience, Keith. THIS is a story that needs to be passed on to others...

Jim Manning's avatar

I saw an interview of him shortly after the event. Glad he’s still with us!

Darwin willhite's avatar

Praise GOD for this man. GOD BLESS YOU!! Love the last part, my wife always asks me how was safety duty after church and I’ve always said, “ it was boring, it was a good day. “

Dave Swihart's avatar

Great interview, not just for the story, but lots of takeaways and lessons learned for me and my team.

WillieVeteranPRinNC's avatar

Tough old man. He did what Jesus wants from all of us. Protect His sheep.

Bob Wessler's avatar

fantastic conversation. some very good takeaways too!

Donald G's avatar

Wow, but I was surprised to hear him say that he had to first unlock his safe to get his AR-15, then grab a handful of ammunition, and then start loading it into a magazine.

jeanne grier's avatar

I have nothing but the greatest respect for Mr. Willeford and for you also Mt Graves. I was thinking hard about your wonderful, God sent organization earlier today. I wish I could send your information out to every pastor I know. This particular incident has always been of special interest and concern to me. I am still furious at the LACK of news coverage it received back then. I attribute that to biased liberal, leftist news reporting. I say that because the very first report I heard was a "breaking news report". Followed up by a second report several minutes later and a brief commentary which indicated that the shooter had Islamic ties. The news team had, as usual, quickly checked into some background information about the shooter. Well...that bit of information was "squelched". The next report and all reports afterward did not mention that it at all. I also was very disturbed by the fact that incident did not receive more continuous news coverage than it did. This was a monumental, horrific crime, yet the press seemed to "dismiss" the story after the first day. Christian and Jewish individuals must wake up to the fact that the dynamics in this nation have changed...for the worse, and they changed many years ago! I always like to refer to the pre-Holocaust period in Nazi Germany. There are many lessons to learn from that time. Conditions favorable to the mass murder of millions of individuals did not start overnight. I will not say more. Mr. Graves you are providing a valuable essential service. I also call it a ministry. God bless you.

Ray Duke's avatar

What a stud. I hope that I would be as quick and accurate as he was! Keith, what a great interview. Thank You for bringing this to light. I had heard about the shooting but never saw an interview. God was with him that day!

Papa Bear's avatar

Wow! What a story to tell!

Praise God for sending His barefoot defender to protect and defend.

I want to share this with everyone I see. It's precisely what we're supposed to do. And we're all a little bit better for having heard this story!

Thank you Keith for this interview.

Big H's avatar

I mention Stephen's story in every Concealed Carry course we teach. I read his book a couple of months ago. This story needs to be told to everyone who has uttered the words, “that can't happen here” ! Great interview @Keith Graves. Probably one of your best. 👍

E P's avatar

If they're wearing armor, shoot em in the junk.

Can't tourniquet a taint 👍

David macheel's avatar

I did classes with Louis Awerbuck back in the day…. He always preached mindset mindset mindset…

Rapturee's avatar

Amen and Amen, praising our Lord and Saviour for Stephen and his willingness to be a tool in our Lords hand! Thank you Keith for taking the time to go there, interviews him and others and make a video for the rest of us to see and learn from.

As a former Deputy, and surviving two shooting incidents while on duty, listening to Stephen recount his experience was so good to hear how God used him, what he did, how he did it and what God is still doing in his life since. A flood of emotions came back as I listened to him describe and recall it. Wow, thank you Stephen for acting quickly and for being willing to be used of our Lord and Saviour.

For His glory,

Linda Prior's avatar

367327 What an amazing testimony of the event! We listened to every word and take it very seriously! My husband and I are on the safety team at our church. We have been to your training and others' training. We have a large team but our team leads are finding it so hard to get the guys out to actually practice and train seriously. How can we motivate them? Thank you for sharing this video...lots of learning take-aways here!

Sandra Capri's avatar

Excellent video - thanks for making this available to us! Much to think about.