Posted on 08/02/2005 10:29:39 AM PDT by Rakkasan1
New lawsuit calls re-enacted handgun law unconstitutional The newly re-enacted conceal-and-carry handgun law is under legal attack by churches that say the Minnesota law is an unconstitutional interference with religious freedom.
The lawsuit filed Monday in Hennepin County District Court was an expected challenge to the re-enacted law, which the state Legislature passed in May to correct flaws in the 2003 law. The earlier law had been declared unconstitutional because it was tacked on to a bill on ice-fishing houses.
"Religious institutions should have the right to control their own property and to be able to worship without firearms,'' said David Lillehaug, attorney for Edina Community Lutheran Church, which is joined by Unity Church Unitarian of St. Paul in challenging the re-enacted law.
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The Gospel according to Luke. (Chapter and verse escape me right now, but it's during the Last Supper.)
One of my favorite Bible verses.
If you're carrying concealed, people aren't supposed to know about it.
but you can wear a rainbow sash I bet. may even get you a
"pat down' seach.
Luke 22:36.
And they got two swords before the last supper. And when the soldiers came Peter cut ones ear with the sword.
[35] Then Jesus asked them, "When I sent you without purse, bag or sandals, did you lack anything?"
"Nothing," they answered.
[36] He said to them, "But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one. [37] It is written: 'And he was numbered with the transgressors'; and I tell you that this must be fulfilled in me. Yes, what is written about me is reaching its fulfillment."
[38] The disciples said, "See, Lord, here are two swords."
"That is enough," he replied.
Does anyone have a source for other biblical quotes in re self-defense?
Revelation 13:10
He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
Then the men stepped forward, seized Jesus and arrested him. With that, one of Jesus' companions reached for his sword, drew it out and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear. "Put your sword back in its place," Jesus said to him, "for all who draw the sword will die by the sword."
Matthew 26:50-52
Something like that. Actually it was the pastors that asked that their place of work, and in some cases their home, not be an "unarmed victim zone". Not many crooks are bold enough to try to rob the place during the collection, when they could just wait until the parishioners leave, and then whack the pastor on the head and steal the offerings then. Now of course , they can't know if the Right Reverend is armed. :)
You are absolutely correct. Black ministers led the parade, demanding an amendment to the CCW law and empowering them (and their worshippers) to pack.
It is a community where all are welcome unless you believe in the Second Amendment. Then you can just go to hell.
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