Post by pavel on Feb 18, 2016 7:07:11 GMT -6
The state House has passed the Mississippi Church Protection Act Wednesday to allow churches to legally have armed security if they choose.
House bill 786 passed, 86-32, and now goes to the state Senate.
"I wish we lived in a world where this bill wouldn't be necessary," said state Rep. Andy Gipson, who authored the bill and is a minister.
State Rep. John Hines, D-Greenville, said the bill isn't needed. He said it has the potential to create more of a problem, asking rhetorically what would happen if a child took a toy gun to church and a security person mistook it for a weapon and hurt the child?
Read more: www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2016/02/17/house-gives-ok-armed-security-churches/80517994/
Put your trust in the Lord, but failing that have plenty of guns at church instead.
House bill 786 passed, 86-32, and now goes to the state Senate.
"I wish we lived in a world where this bill wouldn't be necessary," said state Rep. Andy Gipson, who authored the bill and is a minister.
State Rep. John Hines, D-Greenville, said the bill isn't needed. He said it has the potential to create more of a problem, asking rhetorically what would happen if a child took a toy gun to church and a security person mistook it for a weapon and hurt the child?
Read more: www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2016/02/17/house-gives-ok-armed-security-churches/80517994/
Put your trust in the Lord, but failing that have plenty of guns at church instead.