Firearms at Church

[NeuroTypical]

I'm in total agreement with HoosierGuy. Guns should not be allowed in any church. Ever.

(As soon as we have a way to enforce that with bad guys, this won't be an issue for anybody.)

[marshac]

The idea of guns in churches, any church, dose not compute in my head. When I even see this discuses I think of insane asylums. It's a crazy and bad idea. No, guns should not be allowed in any church. This is 2012, not the mythical Old West.

We live in the "nice part" of town, due to odd ward boundaries that probably had good intentions of mixing some "good part" with some "bad part", the net effect is that our ward is in the "bad part" of town- we have a lot of gang activity, violent crime, etc, and it just doesn't feel safe- I could totally see someone wanting to carry and wouldn't blame them one bit. Now- if we were in the ward boundaries for the church that's literally 3 blocks down the street from us (instead of across town)... it would probably be a different story.

Until we moved here, I lived in "safe places" my whole life- my views on guns and such have RADICALLY changed since living here- I'm the only gun owner in my entire extended family (and cousins) if that says anything of my background. Experiences matter.

[FunkyTown]

Misapplying the constitution causes this particular thread to pop up once a year or so. It's always ridiculous, Kayne.

The church is private property. They asked you not to bring the gun. Don't bring the gun.

If your Bishop says it's okay, it's okay.

Otherwise, do a search on this particular topic. Your particular interpretation of how the Constitution applies to private areas has now resulted in Al Gore being the President of the church because President Howard W. Hunter died in 1995 during Al Gore's tenure as Vice President. As the Constitution clearly states in no uncertain terms that the Vice President takes over the Presidents job in the event of his death, and doesn't specifiy the President of the United States, and there are no Vice Presidents in the LDS church, we can only assume that Al Gore is and has been the current President of the LDS church since 1995.

Your interpretation is absurd, Kayne, on how the Constitution universally applies to private property and institutions.