grimjaw said:Quoth Technosavant:
I figure I have the best field of fire out of everybody
I expect fire and brimstone from the pulpit, but not HOT LEAD!
Now that's funny!
jmm
SASS44439 said:18.2-283. Carrying dangerous weapon to place of religious worship.
If any person carry any gun, pistol, bowie knife, dagger or other dangerous weapon, without good and sufficient reason, to a place of worship while a meeting for religious purposes is being held at such place he shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.
This is what Virginia law reads....
Len said:I know that this appears foolish, simple, deluded...but, if I'm going to get shot, I'd rather go bravely, empty-handed to my Maker...trusting that essentially, I have never been absolutely capable to preserve my own life.
My choice, I can live or die with it.
Luke, 22 verse 36. If you have a purse, take it and buy a sword, If you do not, trade your cloak for one.
The poll presupposes that everyone carries to church. Here in MI, it's illegal, so the point could be considered moot...although...
Erik F said:Well, it's illegal here in Georgia.
However, the good Lord helps those who help themselves
Len said:*Deep breath, here I go...*
Warning! This view is my own, probably unpopular, but sincerely held...
The poll presupposes that everyone carries to church. Here in MI, it's illegal, so the point could be considered moot...although...
When I go to church, I go because I believe in what the church teaches. If I go to pray, worship a God in whom I believe, I must also believe that He has every capability of determining what happens not only during the service, but throughout my life. I would not carry there, even if I could. Having been in situations throughout my life where I could easily have been killed, carrying arms, and not, I have no illusions that at some point I am going to die, as are we all.
I carry when I'm working, because I don't wish to die senselessly because some street guy wants a free car to turn into drug money...I guess it's being "wise as a serpent."
But all bets are off when I go to meet my creator...man's laws, my fears or concerns, the papers, the media...none of it matters there.
I know that this appears foolish, simple, deluded...but, if I'm going to get shot, I'd rather go bravely, empty-handed to my Maker...trusting that essentially, I have never been absolutely capable to preserve my own life.
My choice, I can live or die with it.
Len said:*Deep breath, here I go...*
Warning! This view is my own, probably unpopular, but sincerely held...
The poll presupposes that everyone carries to church. Here in MI, it's illegal, so the point could be considered moot...although...
When I go to church, I go because I believe in what the church teaches. If I go to pray, worship a God in whom I believe, I must also believe that He has every capability of determining what happens not only during the service, but throughout my life. I would not carry there, even if I could. Having been in situations throughout my life where I could easily have been killed, carrying arms, and not, I have no illusions that at some point I am going to die, as are we all.
I carry when I'm working, because I don't wish to die senselessly because some street guy wants a free car to turn into drug money...I guess it's being "wise as a serpent."
But all bets are off when I go to meet my creator...man's laws, my fears or concerns, the papers, the media...none of it matters there.
I know that this appears foolish, simple, deluded...but, if I'm going to get shot, I'd rather go bravely, empty-handed to my Maker...trusting that essentially, I have never been absolutely capable to preserve my own life.
My choice, I can live or die with it.
M2 Carbine said:No one has ever said they would want to be seated next to kennedy, chuckie schumer or dianne feinstein.
palerider1 said:I carried when i got married
zerosignal said:Just a quick question.
How can it be legal for states such as Virginia, Georgia, and North Carolina to enact an outright ban on carrying in a church?
If the state issues you a CHL, how can they arrest you for carrying on PRIVATE PROPERTY, unless of course the church itself prohibits it?
If the church has no problem with concealed carry, how is it any different than carrying in your own home?
Those laws sit firmly in the position of, "none of the governments freakin business".