Petition: Medal Of Freedom for Texas church shooting heroes

By Chris Eger

Johnnie Langendorff, left, and Stephen Willeford, attend a vigil for the victims of the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas (Photo: David J. Phillip / AP)
The Sutherland Springs, Texas “good guy with a gun” Stephen Willeford and pickup truck driver Johnnie Langendorff are the subject of a new “We the People” petition to the White House.
A neighbor to the First Baptist church where most of the congregation were either killed or wounded during a scheduled morning service last week, Willeford grabbed a rifle and engaged the shooter, then flagged down local resident Johnnie Langendorff and the pair pursued the wounded murderer for 11 miles while on the phone with police. Now, a petition is urging the two men receive the nation’s highest civilian award.
“Willeford and Langendorff should be honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom for exhibiting meritorious service in the security of American Citizens,” says the petition. “Their actions were heroic, and they should be honored.”
In an earlier interview with the National Rifle Association, Willeford, a retired plumber and one-time NRA firearms instructor, related how he ran out of his home to engage the church shooter without even taking time to put his shoes on. Stuffing loose cartridges

Source: Guns.com