Louisiana Bill may flip the Script in Favor of the Second Amendment and Churches

AmmoLand ^ | 28 May, 2020 | Dean Weingarten

[marktwain]

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Louisiana is one of a few states which ban guns in churches but allow church leaders to allow guns on a case by case basis. According to Concealed Carry.com, as of 2018, there were ten states and the District of Columbia with this policy of religious discrimination against churches that approve of an armed population.

The laws in states that ban guns in church are a way to demonize guns. They fairly scream: Guns Bad! Good People Don't Have Guns!

The laws flip the script of the Second Amendment, where guns are assumed to be part of everyday life. Arms were seen as property so valuable, they were directly protected in the Bill of Rights.

The states which have such laws are listed at concealedcarry.com. 

They are Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, and South Carolina.

The District of Columbia has a similar law!? And with the exception of the District of Columbia, the ban on guns in church, without special permission, are in pro-Second Amendment states.

North Dakota, Missouri, Arkansas, and Mississippi are Constitutional Carry states. Louisiana, Georgia, Ohio, and South Carolina have shall-issue concealed carry permits.

In most states, the carry of guns in churches is treated the same as on other private property.

My church, in Arizona, actively accepts armed worshipers. Many attendees carry openly.

In colonial America, some colonies required worshipers to bring arms to church.

[marktwain]

The purpose of a law forbidding guns in church is to demonize guns. The message is "Guns are Bad".

[exnavy]

Yes, and the next democrat that asks why we need a 30, 50, 100 round magazine, tell ‘em turn on the news.

[elteemike]

“In colonial America, some colonies required worshipers to bring arms to church.”

Because Sunday worship brought them together, and after services, the militia would drill...Practice that “well regulated” thingy...

[marktwain]

Mostly, it was the feared attack by hostile tribes.