Post by pavel on Apr 16, 2016 3:48:01 GMT -6
Gov. Phil Bryant has signed into law the Mississippi Church Protection Act to allow churches to legally have armed security if they choose.
Bryant signed House Bill 786 on Friday.
Bryant said in a Twitter post he signed the bill because "churches deserve protection from those who would harm worshippers."
State Rep. Andy Gipson, who authored the bill and is a ministe, has said ."I wish we lived in a world where this bill wouldn't be necessary."
During debate in the House, 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/2016/04/15/gov-signs-guns-churches-bill/83079790/
Bryant signed House Bill 786 on Friday.
Bryant said in a Twitter post he signed the bill because "churches deserve protection from those who would harm worshippers."
State Rep. Andy Gipson, who authored the bill and is a ministe, has said ."I wish we lived in a world where this bill wouldn't be necessary."
During debate in the House, 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/2016/04/15/gov-signs-guns-churches-bill/83079790/