To bring in the new year with a bang, WorldNetDaily is giving away FREE one of the most sensational and best-selling books it has ever offered the public – "Shooting Back: The Right and Duty of Self Defense" – until tonight at 10 p.m. Pacific.
Authored by a South African who became a national hero when, caught in a terrorist attack on a church service, he struck back against the attackers with his concealed .38 – this inspiring book will be sent as a free gift to every WND reader who subscribes or renews their subscription to Whistleblower, or who gives a gift Whistleblower subscription before the offer ends.
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"Shooting Back," by Charl Van Wyk, makes a biblical, Christian case for individuals arming themselves with guns, and does so more persuasively than perhaps any other book. Van Wyk explains that he learned the real importance of being armed, in all places, while in church:
Grenades were exploding in flashes of light. Pews shattered under the blasts, sending splinters flying through the air. An automatic assault rifle was being fired and was fast ripping the pews - and whoever, whatever was in its trajectory - to pieces. We were being attacked!
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Instinctively, I knelt down behind the bench in front of me and pulled out my .38 special snub-nosed revolver, which I always carried with me. I would have felt undressed without it. Many people could not understand why I would carry a firearm into a church service, but I argued that this was a particularly dangerous time in South Africa …
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Like many "heroes," Charl Van Wyk was an ordinary Christian man until the day he was called upon to be extraordinary. The date was July 25, 1993, and the event would later become known as the St. James Massacre. Charl was catapulted to the media's attention by shooting back at the terrorists who attacked the innocent congregation.
Using his personal and high-profile story as a launch-pad, Charl Van Wyk goes on to deal with the burning questions that plague all conscience-driven people:
- Should we carry arms?
- When is it appropriate to defend ourselves and our families?
- What can we do when our freedom to carry arms is legislated away from us?
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Many people have said this is the most powerful, persuasive book they've ever read on – as the title says – the right and duty of self-defense.
The special offer for "Shooting Back" is good until 10 p.m. Pacific, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2004, while supplies last, and in the U.S.A. only.
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