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				Re: LDS Churchs new tactical training facility
				Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2019 10:22 am
				by wtfluff
				Maybe after they saw what security looked like at Vatican City they decided they needed to step things up a notch?
Here's the thing: Compared to Catholicism, Mormonism is a tiny, inconsequential fundamentalist cult. 
While there may be a tiny few crazies out there that are "out to get" the board of directors for LD$-Inc., I too would like to confirm my bias and say that a large, LD$-Inc. dedicated security training facility is overkill.
Then again, maybe a crazy old CEO had a dream a few months before his 95th birthday about a fancy facility, and then his crazy child bride testified to him of his awesome revelatory hallucinations. Just doin' what the invisible man in the sky tells the crazy old CEO to do.
			 
			
					
				Re: LDS Churchs new tactical training facility
				Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 4:31 am
				by Just This Guy
				My guess is they saw it had potential to be a good profit making venture.  Guns are popular with conservative politics now, so here's a good way to cash in on it.  Even for the church, they would never use it full time, so they can lease it out to various other groups to use.
			 
			
					
				Re: LDS Churchs new tactical training facility
				Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 6:37 am
				by moksha
				It is a good thing that Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand's prime minister, is no longer a member of the former Mormon Church since she would otherwise be pressured by Church authorities to not ban assault weapons in New Zealand.  Assault and semi-automatic weapons are a part of the LDS pioneer heritage, just like polygamy and tapirs pulling steel chariots.  
If the Gentiles within Zion ever get out of hand, the Church will need some way to defeat them and the training provided by the new tactical training facility will make Church Security and the BYU Police a force to be reckoned with.
			 
			
					
				Re: LDS Churchs new tactical training facility
				Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 9:54 am
				by Evil_Bert
				If they build this, maybe they will let it be open to the public.  I would love to go spend a few hours with the family on the next visit to Utah.
			 
			
					
				Re: LDS Churchs new tactical training facility
				Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 10:45 am
				by Just This Guy
				Like their hunting preserves, I imaging that it would be open to anyone who is willing to pay the "modest fee" for it's use.
			 
			
					
				Re: LDS Churchs new tactical training facility
				Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2019 8:41 pm
				by 2bizE
				Maybe the church plans on creating a private army that they can hire out for the highest price.  It is the Swiss army that runs the security for the Vatican IIRC.
			 
			
					
				Re: LDS Churchs new tactical training facility
				Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2019 10:11 pm
				by moksha
				Gun Nut Bird wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2019 6:37 am
If the Gentiles within Zion ever get out of hand, the Church will need some way to defeat them and the training provided by the new tactical training facility will make Church Security and the BYU Police a force to be reckoned with.
 
It would provide an opportunity for a new generation of Orin Porter Rockwell's to sharpen their ninja skills.
 
			
					
				Re: LDS Churchs new tactical training facility
				Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2019 9:09 am
				by dogbite
				its to prep staff for their new private business for Blackwater esque escapades.
 Big bucks to be made. They already have the blind obedience part down in their underlings. A base of foreign language skills to recruit from.  Mormons tend to do well in federal security screening. And if they can train the first few generations of staff as a tax write off they are well set against their competitors. 
I have no evidence for the above and its probably motivated by my contempt but it wouldn't surprise me either.
			 
			
					
				Re: LDS Churchs new tactical training facility
				Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2019 1:04 pm
				by nibbler
				It sounds like the SCMC will be taking ish seriously from now on.
			 
			
					
				Re: LDS Churchs new tactical training facility
				Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2019 5:16 pm
				by wtfluff
				
			 
			
					
				Re: LDS Churchs new tactical training facility
				Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2019 11:01 am
				by crazyhamster
				Truly in the spirit of Christ, who said if someone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him and pump him full of hot lead.  
Or something like that.
			 
			
					
				Re: LDS Churchs new tactical training facility
				Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2019 4:53 pm
				by Mad Jax
				I'm beginning to like this new form of Mormonism.  I should consider becoming active again and reapplying for the position of Inquisitor.
			 
			
					
				Re: LDS Churchs new tactical training facility
				Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2019 4:47 am
				by crazyhamster
				A new Porter Rockwell?
			 
			
					
				Re: LDS Churchs new tactical training facility
				Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2019 3:36 pm
				by Mad Jax
				I was thinking more like this guy.  I'm hoping they issue me the Sword of Laban.

 
			
					
				Re: LDS Churchs new tactical training facility
				Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2019 3:46 pm
				by achilles
				What kills me is that it is most likely another Christian group that would light our temples on fire, and not Muslims. It seems that we so easily forget that we're next on the list of least trusted religions in the US.
			 
			
					
				Re: LDS Churchs new tactical training facility
				Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 3:32 am
				by Mad Jax
				History would suggest it would be a disaffected member or someone in danger of being caught in the fraud.