LanceOregon
Moderator
In light of yesterday's horrific attack on the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, I was wondering this:
Has anyone here ever inquired with your church regarding whether they have any rules regarding carrying concealed on church property? Of course, you would first have to be in a state that allowed concealed carry for that to even be a legal option. Do any states perhaps have limitations in their CCW laws regarding carrying in churches?
I've never even thought about inquiring about this myself. But in light of recent attacks on churches, should parishioners now be asking this question of their church leaders?? Has it now come to the point that people need to be able to protect themselves in church?
And if you do have a CCW permit, and there is no restriction in the law in your state, would it be right for you to carry concealed in your church, without seeking permission?
In reading the accounts of yesterday's attack, I am amazed at the bravery of some of the men in the congregation. For despite the fact that everyone inside the church was unarmed, several men managed to summon the courage to rush the gunman, and overpower him.
One of the men who participated in that rush, however, was one of the two who died. I've got to think that those men must have collectively known that some of them were going to die by doing this. But they still did it anyway, in order to protect their wives, their children, and the 200 other people inside the church. Police found a total of 76 shotshells that the shooter had brought with him. He could have continued firing for a very long time.
I've got to think that at least at that church, there is going to be some sort of armed security in the future. Don't you agree??
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Has anyone here ever inquired with your church regarding whether they have any rules regarding carrying concealed on church property? Of course, you would first have to be in a state that allowed concealed carry for that to even be a legal option. Do any states perhaps have limitations in their CCW laws regarding carrying in churches?
I've never even thought about inquiring about this myself. But in light of recent attacks on churches, should parishioners now be asking this question of their church leaders?? Has it now come to the point that people need to be able to protect themselves in church?
And if you do have a CCW permit, and there is no restriction in the law in your state, would it be right for you to carry concealed in your church, without seeking permission?
In reading the accounts of yesterday's attack, I am amazed at the bravery of some of the men in the congregation. For despite the fact that everyone inside the church was unarmed, several men managed to summon the courage to rush the gunman, and overpower him.
One of the men who participated in that rush, however, was one of the two who died. I've got to think that those men must have collectively known that some of them were going to die by doing this. But they still did it anyway, in order to protect their wives, their children, and the 200 other people inside the church. Police found a total of 76 shotshells that the shooter had brought with him. He could have continued firing for a very long time.
I've got to think that at least at that church, there is going to be some sort of armed security in the future. Don't you agree??
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We do not feel a threat in side the building but I won't leave a gun unattended in a vehicle and suspect others of the same mindset so I guess in some areas their are armed members in the congregation...