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Should the doors of the church be open and armed?
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Mark A. Taff
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Beyond technology, the safety conversation has advanced to the need for church pastors and clergy to also arm themselves with weapons as a form of protection.
“Everybody has a Second Amendment right to be armed with a weapon, but you can’t blanket every church’s security needs across the country,” Gallagher advised. “If you’re holding a gun, it’s for one or two reasons – to take a life or defend someone’s life from being taken. Every pastor is not going to have the necessary training, maturity or law enforcement skill-set to be armed for the varied scenario-based situations,” he added. |
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netsyscon
(7/16/2015)
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| Our church has plain clothes security that patrol the grounds during services. The pastor and a lot of the members are avid hunters and target shooters. There are no signs preventing guns from being carried in the church. We have a church family that looks out for each other and welcomes visitors and new members. However, anyone coming in to do us harm or commit a crime will find out that we are not sheep. Doesn't this make more sense in our crazy world than making the place of worship a "Gun Free" kill zone. |
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