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-Lurid Crime Tales-

Should we carry guns in church?

2017-11-08

[LI] So far it’s been difficult to get information on the question of whether the parishioners in the Texas church where yesterday’s mass murder took place were prohibited from carrying guns. Here are the pertinent rules in Texas:

Churches in Texas may prevent handgun license holders from carrying handguns inside church buildings as long as the church gives proper notice. Each church may decide for itself whether to allow:

Both open and concealed carry of handguns
Concealed carry of handguns but not open carry
Open carry of handguns and not concealed carry
No handguns regardless of whether they are carried openly or concealed

A church does not need to take any action if it wishes to allow handgun license holders to conceal carry or open carry in church buildings. If permitting handgun license holders to conceal carry or open carry on church premises is a cause of concern to your church, Texas Penal Code Sections 30.006 and 30.007 provide clear rules for notifying handgun license holders that your church is a gun-free zone or concealed carry only.

So it seems to be a church-by-church decision, but as yet we don’t know which rules were followed by the church where the massacre occurred. Obviously, however, if there was a no-gun rule there, it didn’t deter the gunman and it’s even possible that it encouraged him. Apparently the question of whether to carry guns into a church is a topic that’s been debated both legally and within Christianity itself:

Posted by:Besoeker

#6 Should we? Yes. Carried a rifle to Mass many a time when deployed. Nothing happened. that's the point.

Next question.

Posted by: Injun Bucket8891 2017-11-08 19:35

#5 It is Mitzvot, to kill them before they kill you.

Posted by: newc 2017-11-08 08:59

#4 Possibly. You'd want to be well-practiced and skilled. However, taking down an active shooter in a crowd is not so easy. It can be difficult and dangerous for the crowd around the active shooter. You don't want to become a part of the problem.

Posted by: JohnQC 2017-11-08 08:19

#3 Praise the Lord, Pass the Ammunition.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-11-08 07:26

#2 As a Christian you protect the innocent. Period. The twisted attacker expected guns in the church or he would not have worn body armor, especially a church in Texas.

Dr. Robert Jeffress, Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Dallas who is nationally known as a regular on Fox such as Hannity, Judge Jeanine, and many other talk shows has no less than a dozen police officers inside and outside the 12,000 member church during services. Many congregants keep canceled weapons under their impeccable Sunday Morning suit jackets.

In 1865 the minister and his nephew of Pony Creek Baptist Church near Stephenville, Texas was scalped, hung upside down from a tree in front of the church and burned to death from a fire built below by Comanches. For many years after that riflemen stood guard at the door of the church during services.

God tests his people in many ways, and even though Love is the greatest commandment, as a man you gird your loins, stand up, and protect His sheep.

Posted by: Hupeting Sforza8196 2017-11-08 05:47

#1 Talk to the Sikhs.

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-11-08 05:12

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