Concealed carry in church

[sonuvaTXgun]

“Pray as though everything depended on God and act as if everything depended on you.”

— St. Augustine

Never heard that one. I'll keep that in mind.

 

[matefrio]

We have churches and temples. The churches I carry in. The temples have some good security.

 

[sonuvaTXgun]

We have churches and temples. The churches I carry in. The temples have some good security.

One of my friend's dad is a deputy sheriff. He acts as security every Sunday at our church.

 

[zincwarrior]

I'd prolly feel out of place if I carried in the church. But that's me.

And thats your option - nothing wrong with that. She Who Must Be Obeyed and I, however, have CHLs and use them there as well.

 

[Ironhorseromo]

I'm pretty sure there are guys who carry but I just don't know it. After all that's the point to CC.

 

[zincwarrior]

Exactly. We had one employee there freaked out when a parishioner told her someone was carrying. She told this to the wife and I not realizing we were both more armed than the Bolivian Army at the time.

When I am an usher, I make it a point of being more heavily armed, not with my usual CC, but with an M&P FS. Too many things have happened in churches.

 

[Ironhorseromo]

Shoot & forgive.

 

[Stumpy]

I love God but detest churches. If I DID go to church, my little buddy would be right there with me.

Flash

All a church building is is a building where local believers gather to pray, worship, learn, etc.

Scripture is clear on this practice. It's important. See Hebrews 10:24-25


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No thread derailment intended.

I have yet to get my CHL. Just waiting on the state. I will carry everywhere legal once I get the plastic. In Midland, I know of several folks who carry at church, including staff.


From the desk of a literate squirrel named Leonard.

 

[sonuvaTXgun]

I have yet to get my CHL. Just waiting on the state. I will carry everywhere legal once I get the plastic.

From the desk of a literate squirrel named Leonard.

I sure do. It's completely worth the wait.

 

[stdreb27]

crap, I carry when I volunteer in the nursery.

Remember Nehemiah sword in one hand trowel in the other...

 

[Driller]

Statistically you have the same chance of needing to defend yourself in church compared to going to Walmart. I googled it.

 

[Mreed911]

Statistically you have the same chance of needing to defend yourself in church compared to going to Walmart. I googled it.

Depends on the Walmart.

 

[TX69]

What about Houses of Worship that also happen to be schools? It's a bit of a gray area, isn't it?

Eli

State of Texas says no go. I doubt any politicain would ever touch it to allow CHL on Sundays either. I started carrying a knife (not that it will do any good) at service as I have to leave my EDC in the car. There is zero security or awareness with anyone there about it so I pray extra hard and precise when entering and leaving. There has been some talk about buying land and building a church but no dates have been set.

 

[matefrio]

Depends on the Walmart.

And the church.

 

[sonuvaTXgun]

And the church.

Where was that?

 

[Hfrog355]

Interesting topic.

To retrace a bit as I'm still relatively new to CHL, carrying in a church is legal unless written (in the form of 30.06 signage) or express verbal notice is given that it is not, correct? So, essentially, unless a 30.06 sign is properly displayed or it is publicly stated (I presume this must be repeated at some sort of regular interval to properly notify new members), a CHL holder may carry in a church, correct?

 

[Wabbit69]

My pastor proudly displayed his CHL when I had lunch with him as a new member a year or so ago. He asked me for advice on holsters or other methods of carry and access while his robe was on during services. 'Nuff said.

 

[Wabbit69]

Where was that?

If I'm not mistaken, a scene from "The Omen"?

 

[Wabbit69]

One thing that complicates our situation is the fact that that my church campus includes a K-8 school. This requires a fair degree of prudence, discretion, and paying attention to the language of 46.035(f).

 

[txinvestigator]

Interesting topic.

To retrace a bit as I'm still relatively new to CHL, carrying in a church is legal unless written (in the form of 30.06 signage) or express verbal notice is given that it is not, correct? So, essentially, unless a 30.06 sign is properly displayed or it is publicly stated (I presume this must be repeated at some sort of regular interval to properly notify new members), a CHL holder may carry in a church, correct?

Correct