Think No Evil: Inside the Story of the Amish Schoolhouse Shooting...and Beyond [Paperback]

Jonas Beilergrew up in a traditional Old-Order Amish family in the 1950s. He is the cofounder and chairman of The Angela Foundation. He is also a licensed family counselor and founder of Family Resource andCounselingCenterand The Family Center of Gap, both located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. 

Jonas is married to Anne Beiler, founder and creator of Auntie Anne’s Soft Pretzels, an acclaimed international pretzel franchise. 

Shawn Smucker is a native ofLancasterCounty. His mother grew up Amish and his father was in theBeachyAmishChurch. He is a graduate ofMessiahCollegeand lives inVirginiawith his family. This is his second book.Think No Evil

CHAPTER ONE
Gates Wide Open

IT HAS BECOMEnumbingly familiar: A man walks into a church, a store, a dormitory, a nursing home, or a school, and begins shooting. Sometimes there is panic, sometimes there is an eerie quietness. But always bodies fall, almost in unison, with the shell casings dropping from the gun. And always there is death. Senseless, inexplicable loss of innocent life. Within seconds we receive reports on our BlackBerries or iPhones. Within minutes the shootinglãe