If you have to get permission from the Church what does this law accomplish? Without this law if you have permission from the Church can't you carry?The last thing I remembered reading was that they were going to give the exemption but you had to have official permission from the church. I don't remember the final disposition.
If you have to get permission from the Church what does this law accomplish? Without this law if you have permission from the Church can't you carry?
It wasn't from a lack of trying.
It's none of the government's business whether I concealed carry at church or not.
In my case, my Pastor knows I carry, and he carries too.
We're a small country church with a small congregation that would be sitting ducks for anybody with violent intent.
It dealt with churches that have schools on the property. If there is no school or licensed day care it is not an issue. The vast-majority of private schools in Indiana are religious-based. Per current law: it's a school 24/7, even on Sunday morning. A number of folks testified in favor of this bill including Fargo and myself.
It's none of the government's business whether I concealed carry at church or not.
In my case, my Pastor knows I carry, and he carries too.
We're a small country church with a small congregation that would be sitting ducks for anybody with violent intent.
so why did it not make it further?
My recollection is some churches or some clergy got all upset that there'd be guns up to the rafters in their churches if this passed and got in the ears of enough republicans for their knees to go all wobbly and their spines to go limp.
My recollection is some churches or some clergy got all upset that there'd be guns up to the rafters in their churches if this passed and got in the ears of enough republicans for their knees to go all wobbly and their spines to go limp.
Between that, Las Vegas and Parkland there was more concerns about "optics" than law abiding gun owners. There was a lot of good legislation introduced last session. ConC was coming off the summer study recommendation but got watered down to free Lifetime LTCH and a 5-year NICs exempt. The Church Carry bill was solid too. In the end we came away with nothing, except for the admission by those representing Police Chiefs/Sheriffs that the LTCH program is about the money.
Yeah...that too. I'm glad that free LTCH monstrosity failed.
Between that, Las Vegas and Parkland there was more concerns about "optics" than law abiding gun owners. There was a lot of good legislation introduced last session. ConC was coming off the summer study recommendation but got watered down to free Lifetime LTCH and a 5-year NICs exempt. The Church Carry bill was solid too. In the end we came away with nothing, except for the admission by those representing Police Chiefs/Sheriffs that the LTCH program is about the money.
so why did it not make it further?