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High caliber guys that are trained by the state of pennsylvania act 235 in the use of weapons but, you know, its very low key. Reporter Senior Pastor john hessler admits that establishing a trained Security Force for his church was a concept he struggled with until. Sandy hook 2012. Thats when i sat down with dave outland and some of the other men and said, look, we need to upgrade whatever were doing in terms of observation, to some sort of security. If that ends up including armed security, so be it. Reporter there have been an estimated 92 violent acts at houses of worship across the country so far this year alone. And pastor hessler says ignoring those statistics that irresponsible and potentially dangerous. I became a pastor in 1999 and without any intent, any thought that i would ever have to think about child predators or someone who would come into church with a gun. B ....