Carry all the time.

[K Frame Keith]

I carried in the hospital when my daughters were born over 40 years ago and carried when I walked them down the isle. I was a cop at the time and in my jurisdiction so everything was legal, but I'd likely ignore a silly no guns rule today b/c even at 70 I want to get older and watch my grandkids grow up and get married.

I have my HR 218 qualification so I was good to go; however since the wedding was in Joisey I couldn't carry hollow points.

 

[K Frame Keith]

Check your gun laws....Va law doesn't expressly forbid guns in churches but it does put extra restrictions on concealed carry there. I think with permission of church officials it is legal here.

I would be hesitant to criticize the young man for keeping his firearm in the car...may not have been legal to have inside. Not saying that banning them from ANY building makes sense these days...

We are fortunate to have several LEO's in our congregation. They are well aware of the world we live in and take it seriously. This can happen anywhere.....be ready...be safe.

I'm not taking a stand on this either way but... I've carried concealed for almost 35 years and have never been called on it, ever. My concealed carried handgun is there for the gravest extreme and no one knows I have it until that moment. I'm talking deep concealed carry, learned in Jersey, where any gun is considered a threat until proven otherwise. Only cops carry. No NRA caps, fanny packs, you know the drill. Blend in.

 

[blues7]

I have my HR 218 qualification so I was good to go; however since the wedding was in Joisey I couldn't carry hollow points.

Under LEOSA any federally legal ammunition, (non-automatic, non-suppressed), is permissible...even in NJ.

Whether you want to deal with the aggravation of taking a ride to the station while proving it is another matter.

I carry a copy of the LEOSA regs in my glove compartment and the number of an attorney from my LEOSA insurance in my credential case. I've already confirmed with the attorney the legality of hollow point ammo in NJ under LEOSA.

 

[Old cop]

I'm guessing the NJ people would rather risk over penetration and rounds bouncing around rather than safer HP ammo. I wonder if any of their lawmakers ever really researched this issue.

 

[Cal44]

How many of you are carrying a pistol with a higher round count because of this sort of thing? My M649 is my go-to CCW gun and much of the summer it is all that I can carry. I wonder if I should carry more when I can. Thoughts?

I carry a 32 Magnum revolver so that puts me at 6 rounds.

That should be enough because here in California everyone, including bad guys, are limited to 10 round magazines.

 

[Topsarge]

Watch the news. Churches, movie theatres, restaurants, malls, any and all crowded public spaces are prime targets for terrorists and nut jobs. Yes, I carried my barbecue gun in a Galco shoulder holster when I walked my daughter down the aisle. The world we live in.

I carried a .44sp when I walked mine down the aisle. Can't be too careful.

 

[apollo99]

I carry a handgun where ever, when ever. like my grandmother used to say, "better to have and not need than to need and not have". Smart woman my 8th grade educated grandmother.

 

[BC38]

I carry at Church EVERY week. Very tempting soft target for nuts and terrorists (assuming there is a difference).

I used to be on the security team but our Church's insurance carrier said that security team members couldn't carry because as "official representatives" of the church and therefore by carrying security team members expose the church to to liability.

So rather than leave my CCW at home, I quit the security team.
Now I just usher instead.

 

[CH4]

I have my HR 218 qualification so I was good to go; however since the wedding was in Joisey I couldn't carry hollow points.

FYI:

LEOSA
Includes the carry of ammunition "not expressly prohibited by Federal law or subject to the provisions of the National Firearms Act." Federally legal ammunition, such as hollow-point bullets, can be carried where state law would normally prohibit it (i.e. New Jersey).

Unfortunately, LEOSA doesn't address magazine capacity.

 

[much ado]

VA Church carry

Although I`m not looking up the regs at the present time Virginia`s CCP regulations say that a permittee may not carry in church unless "a good reason" exists. (My quote) I think that anyone who lives in today`s world and reads/hears/sees the news would think as much.

 

[roundgun]

Lots of older ladies like to give hugs at my church. I keep my elbows in tight and scoop my fore arms forward. With their arms going around the outside of mine during the hug, there is no risk of alarming them with the government sized 1911 at 4:00 IWB.

 

[Thomasino]

Churches are only legal to carry upon permission. There may be more people carrying than what most people think in churches. The church I attend is just outside of a major city whereany other (religion)s are present, so the issue has come to mind often. This world is going sour, not much surprises me anymore. Be smart, be prepared!

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[Muss Muggins]

No, that is not true. Google Hitler, Stalin, Mao Zedong.

I did (but I already knew the answer) . . .

You may wish to rethink your statement . . .

 

[ContinentalOp]

I saw an article that said the usher thought he had his gun on him when he first confronted the shooter, but realized he had left it in his car. Despite that, he fought with the shooter hand-to-hand, and the shooter shot himself in the leg during the struggle. This is was reported by someone who said he spoke with the usher at the hospital.

Regardless, I have tremendous respect for the usher for intervening.

Masked gunman rampages through Nashville church; usher uses personal weapon to subdue shooter - The Washington Post

 

[wingriderz]

Churches are only legal to carry upon permission. There may be more people carrying than what most people think in churches. The church I attend is just outside of a major city whereany other (religion)s are present, so the issue has come to mind often. This world is going sour, not much surprises me anymore. Be smart, be prepared!

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I am with your comments other than your first 8 words. Not a legal issuse or permission to carry in Church in Florida. States may very. Its not a Federal thing.

 

[Lee's Landing Billy]

Been carrying here legally since 1976. Never have carried IN the courthouse. I do carry everywhere else. Calm down, I know some of the places are "no carry", I just don't care.
Never carry because of the "odds" of something happening...Always carry because of the "possibility" of something happening.
That's just me....we all seek our own salvation.

 

[paul641]

I've learned over the years through observation the the dead are dead for a long time I'm not ready to join those ranks if I don't have to .I have leagally conceled carried since 1973 and never had to draw down and hope I never have to In the mean time I am ahead of the stats that we read about more and more every day

 

[paul641]

People sometimes ask,"Do you usually carry a gun?" my reply "I always carry a gun"

 

[gman51]

The news should report about churches that the bad guys took about a pound of lead from the parishioners. Maybe then the bad guys would think twice about targeting churches.

 

[ISCS Yoda]

People sometimes ask,"Do you usually carry a gun?" my reply "I always carry a gun"

Me, too. Then they look at me and almost always ask, "Where do you hide it?"

Sometimes I tell them, sometimes I don't.

My carry preference is a 2" K frame. When my back hurts I can carry that in a pocket holster in cargo pants; otherwise, I have to carry a M642.

In a house of worship, UNLESS my back really hurts, I carry no less than a CS-9 and an additional magazine. Anyone who thinks a place of worship is a safe place and guns are not needed is living in lalaland.