Who carries a gun to church?

Do you carry a gun in church?

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P-32 in the pocket always, minimum.
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Front pocket or rear pocket? I carry mine in a rear pocket in a pocket holster. Works great until it's time to sit. The gun+holster assembly is very rigid. I'm afraid the button is going to pop off of the pocket someday...
 
Thanks to some of the churches in Minnesota....

trying to force their views on everyone, the result was that they managed to take away all churches option of posting against carry. Therefore I carry when attending services.
 
You always have to be ready, as you cannot usually pick your fights. If you could, I'd choose to stay home that day.
 
A Gun in Church....

S&W 640 .357 hollowpoints in a large inner city church.... I hate surprises..
 
I carry a sword.

Heb 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
 
Unless something has changed, carrying into the church building for services, is illegal here in Tennessee. It will be interesting to listen to the news if/when a church gets hit during services on a Sunday. Things could get ugly fast.
Mark.
 
The Rabbi said:
Carrying on Yom Tov is a big problem of muktzeh and I don't do it. Shabbos even more so.
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As noted above, there are serious opinions that a defensive firearm is NOT muktzeh. Carrying itself is not prohibited on Yom Tov. Concerning Shabbos, is there any chance that it is possible to construct an eiruv in your area?

BTW, there are actually some minority opinions that wearing a weapon is not carrying. They are not generally accepted, and might not apply to a concealed weapon, anyway.
 
As noted above, there are serious opinions that a defensive firearm is NOT muktzeh.
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I would have to see some sources to believe this. Someone mentioned Rabbi Goren. I could not give credence to someone who poskened that a person could be a Jew in EY and a non-Jew in chutz.

BTW, there are actually some minority opinions that wearing a weapon is not carrying. They are not generally accepted, and might not apply to a concealed weapon, anyway.
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This is a machlokes in Shabbos 63A. The Shulchan Oruch poskens like the chachamim in OC 301:7, that we do not go out with swords etc. A concealed weapon would be even more so.


Carrying itself is not prohibited on Yom Tov.
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This is simply not true as stated. Only ochel nefesh is permitted and I do not know how ochel nefesh would apply to concealed carry weapons.

Again, all of this is different in a makom sakana, like LA was and in those circumstances I would have no problem carrying at all.
 
Murdering would be a sin of commission, not preventing murder would be a sin of omission. Because I have the ability, I have the duty. JMHO

It doesn't really apply to The Rabbi, but Jesus said that the Sabbath was made for Man, not Man for the Sabbath.

I carry a P229/.357SIG in a Comp-Tac CTAC.
 
Of course I carry! When I was in the pastorate I even had a holster mounted inside the pulpit. In addition, my two trustees always carried. Now that I'm on sabbatical, I still carry but have to be more discrete as the pastor, staff and most of the congregation of the church we now attend are gun-phobic. Most of them will state emphatically that nothing would/could happen in church. This in a church that markets itself to those in "down and out" lifestyles many of which entail criminal activity!!! What happens if those old friends/significant others/spouses/business partners object to their leaving? Wouldn't church be a perfect place to find them? After all who carries in church? Unfortunately, even the LEO's that attend feel this way as they don't carry when in the building. As far as I have been able to ascertain, that leaves me, God and a P-32 to guard a flock of over 600! :eek: You might add us to your prayer list.......

Take Care,
Mike
 
Unless something has changed, carrying into the church building for services, is illegal here in Tennessee.
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Same here in Georgia (and quite a few other states, I'm sure). HOWEVER, I'd rather get a misdemeanor slap-on-the-wrist than have to stand by and watch my friends and neighbors get killed. I've actually "made" quite a few folks at my church, and I'm sure I'm not the only one. It's sort of a don't-ask-don't-tell sort of deal.

Oh yeah, and I attend a Lutheran church. I imagine the Southern Babtists carry some SERIOUS ordinance on Sundays :)
 
For some reason I can't vote... but if I could, I'd vote "no".

Unfortunately one of the conditions of CCW in MI is that we can't carry in houses of worship.
 
I usually go to church with my family in MN. When I am in MN I am always carrying a gun somewher.
 
Carry in church...

Do so virtually every Sunday, usually a 649 or SP101 ankle-carried. As far as I can see from Scripture, it is my duty to protect innocent persons from oppressors, including anyone who would harm my family or members of the congregation.

Bob
 
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