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niyad

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Thu Mar 26, 2015, 10:40 PM Mar 2015

Christian End Times Family Band Gunfighting With Cops For The Lord [View all]

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Christian End Times Family Band Gunfighting With Cops For The Lord



C'mon Get Raptured!

Several members of a Christian family band from Boise, Idaho, got into a brawl and gunfight with police in a Walmart parking lot in Cottonwood, Arizona, on Saturday night, leaving one member of the family dead and the rest in police custody. The group, which called itself “Matthew 24 Now” (GET IT???*) looked forward to the coming End Times, and apparently felt the need to hurry up the schedule a little when they attacked police and fired on them. Maybe they just loved the smell of cordite in the evening.

The nine members of the Gaver family had been living in their van in the parking lot for several days and using restrooms in the Walmart; police were called when one of the Gavers shoved a Walmart worker, according to an Arizona Department of Public Safety report. When Cottonwood police arrived, the Gavers apparently thought it was time to do some apocalypsing of their very own, and attacked the cops, as reported in the Christian Post:
Upon arrival, police were reportedly attacked by members of the family and Sgt. Jeremy Daniels, 31, suffered a gunshot wound to the leg. The 10-year veteran officer has since been treated and is expected to make a full recovery.
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One of the suspects, identified as Enoch Gaver, was killed after allegedly shooting at police. A second suspect was seriously wounded during the incident and one onlooker recalled the horrifying scene.
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It is not believed that any of the conventionally accepted signs of the Apocalypse were in evidence, as a third of the stars were not swept from the sky, nor did the seas boil. It would appear that the altercation is therefore without any significant theological consequences.

Read more at http://wonkette.com/580767/christian-end-times-family-band-gunfighting-with-cops-for-the-lord#BPIY1mJ6jcV2mJRQ.99

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Yep, Jeebus is one hell of a drug. hatrack Mar 2015 #1
Again, Carlin explains it. Hoppy Mar 2015 #2
OK, I'll be the first to say it... TreasonousBastard Mar 2015 #3
I believe they may own a house in Idaho, built for them by Habitat for Humanity. Zorra Mar 2015 #17
If that is the case, I might observe that this is one of the problems with betterdemsonly Mar 2015 #20
Wal-Mart parking lots are high crime areas. Seriously. newthinking Mar 2015 #21
Good addition, Zorra. I've done something similiar, once upon a time. Not the fighting though. freshwest Mar 2015 #23
I don't know about your state, but in my city they're all in low rent areas. There's none ND-Dem Mar 2015 #35
"... the Boise office of Habitat for Humanity ... confirmed Tuesday that the Gaver family struggle4progress Mar 2015 #25
Thanks, I'll take your word for it as when I click on that it's blank. Browser issues, my fault. freshwest Mar 2015 #38
That's the first thing I thought about.. haikugal Mar 2015 #27
I wouldn't have a problem with Wal Mart doing this - raven mad Mar 2015 #36
It's just good business. Folks like that have money to spend. Zorra Mar 2015 #56
At least with the motor homes, the folks have bathrooms! raven mad Mar 2015 #57
god saved their stupid asses. out of spite. pansypoo53219 Mar 2015 #18
that was my thought too. they're living in a parking lot and no information is offered about ND-Dem Mar 2015 #19
They were shooting at EACH OTHER and the cops BrotherIvan Mar 2015 #32
i can't tell what happened from the posted account. or why the cops came in the first ND-Dem Mar 2015 #34
The short story as I understand it BrotherIvan Mar 2015 #45
that doesn't make sense to me, since they'd lived in idaho for a long time and left idaho to ND-Dem Mar 2015 #46
I don't follow the story because I don't care much about it BrotherIvan Mar 2015 #48
you don't follow the story but you're linking me to info? ND-Dem Mar 2015 #49
I politely linked to the info you requested BrotherIvan Mar 2015 #50
You said this: ND-Dem Mar 2015 #58
um, walmart employee received a broken arm snooper2 Mar 2015 #51
"so much for their white privilege." NuclearDem Mar 2015 #44
They're evangelists betterdemsonly Mar 2015 #4
they got a habitat house = not so well off, and they no longer have it and reportedly ND-Dem Mar 2015 #22
I-D-A-H-O IDAHO, IDAHO GO GO GO! God they make us proud out here! Larry Craig hasn't been in brewens Mar 2015 #5
Whoa-oh! We come from Idaho Wo-wo-Tweakzilla! Whoa-oh! It's Jeebus doncha know, wo-wo Tweakzilla! hatrack Mar 2015 #7
I love the Oyster boys! I've seen them five or six times. Even just 10 years or so ago they had brewens Mar 2015 #43
Scary! Banjos playin'! blkmusclmachine Mar 2015 #6
Maybe some "end times" for them, though. calimary Mar 2015 #8
This is my kind of Idaho band: IDemo Mar 2015 #9
Perfect title! beam me up scottie Mar 2015 #10
Get this people apocalypse/rapture/second coming is a scam! Same 5000 y.o. scam! Dont call me Shirley Mar 2015 #11
That's all it is. LuvNewcastle Mar 2015 #37
Suspicion must be aroused as to the source of the promotion of the apocalypse story. Dont call me Shirley Mar 2015 #39
More like christian terrorists IMO. Crowman1979 Mar 2015 #12
...... trusty elf Mar 2015 #13
Great one! CanonRay Mar 2015 #15
They look like a nice enough bunch... Still In Wisconsin Mar 2015 #14
I could see where spending a week in an RV in a WalMart parking lot... BobTheSubgenius Mar 2015 #16
Looks like asphalt won the day. Too bad about the shooting. And now one of them is dead, unable to freshwest Mar 2015 #24
Overgeneralize much kids? These are Christians the way ISIS is Muslim Wella Mar 2015 #26
+1000 n/t cpwm17 Mar 2015 #52
To be clear, ISIS is part of Islam F4lconF16 Mar 2015 #53
Darwin is the word made alive by the forces of Mother Lint Head Mar 2015 #28
What a sad story. struggle4progress Mar 2015 #29
How could our predictions be so wrong? Let's GOD N'ROLL!! vkkv Mar 2015 #30
Come on now let's shoot everybody Politicalboi Mar 2015 #31
E gods.. you can't make up this shit. Cha Mar 2015 #33
This is a rejected episode of "Justified." nt msanthrope Mar 2015 #40
They look like they would kill a person for a cup of coffee. Rex Mar 2015 #41
I can't get over the amount of sheer misery in their eyes. These are terribly damaged people. myrna minx Mar 2015 #42
you have a great deal of compassion and caring. niyad Mar 2015 #55
Whoa - who wants to take a stab at the collective IQ of that bunch? Vinca Mar 2015 #47
Hmmm...real life Squidbillies? Rex Mar 2015 #54
The Lord commandeth they poopeth in Wal Mart restrooms- KJV Kaleva Mar 2015 #59
Despite all the prejudice nilesobek Mar 2015 #60
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