guns in churches
Man brings gun and knives into a Virginia church service after vague online threats, police say
By Associated Press — September 26, 2023
(AP) — In recent years, there's been a stark uptick in concerning episodes at churches, synagogues, temples and mosques.
Why Americans have long been fascinated by gunfighting preachers
By Steve Pinkerton — July 3, 2018
(The Conversation) — There is a long line of well-armed American preachers -- both real and fictional -- in U.S. history and culture, confirming perhaps the view that true justice cannot be enforced by institutions alone.
Allowing guns in church flies in the face of tradition and Scripture
By Tom Verde — December 19, 2017
(RNS) — Pistol-packing parishioners may seem like a way to guard against the church shootings that have become so commonplace recently. But there is a long history in Christianity of opposing such strategies.
Two accidentally shot in church while discussing church shootings
By Travis Dorman — November 17, 2017
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (USA Today) — A man accidentally shot himself and his wife at an east Tennessee church on Thursday (Nov. 16) while he was showing off his gun during a discussion on recent church shootings, police said.
Police: Man wields brick; pastor wields gun
By Tresa Baldas — October 19, 2015
DETROIT - The pastor remains in police custody as investigators try to piece together what happened and interview church members.
Do we need unholy guns in holy places? (COMMENTARY)
By David P. Gushee — June 24, 2015
(RNS) Inevitably, after the massacre at Emanuel AME Church, people are beginning to talk about arming congregants for self-defense. It is a sad image: 25 souls sitting around at Wednesday night prayer meeting, some packing heat in case the next church attacker should happen to be among them.
Arkansas Senate OKs guns in churches
By Doug Stanglin — January 29, 2013
(RNS) The Arkansas Senate has passed a bill lifting a ban on carrying concealed weapon in church, but church leaders would be allowed the final say.
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