That doesn’t mean I’m gonna take up arms against the government,” Locke assured me. Then he added: “I certainly believe in gun ownership. And I’ve told people, look, we still believe in our First Amendment right. If they show up at our tent to stop us, then we’ll meet them at the door with our Second Amendment right.” This rhetorical turnabout—making clear in one gulp of air that he draws the line at violence, then suggesting in the next that his congregants would shoot anyone who tried to prevent the church from convening—was representative of our longer conversation.
