Posted June 1, 2018 12:00 pm by Comments

By Tom Knighton

We all remember the absolute horror as we received news of Sutherland Springs last year. It was awful, and so many of us wondered just how this could happen in Texas. However, no one had a gun on them in church, and thus the massacre could go on uncontested. That is until the shooter stepped outside the church and faced an armed neighbor.

Unfortunately, it was too late then.

However, many states have sought to do what they could to prevent a repeat of that event. They’ve done whatever they could to beef up church security legislatively.

Now, Louisiana has joined that number.

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards last week approved legislation to allow more people to carry a concealed handgun in places of worship across the state.

The proposal, SB 402, changes state regulations on security guards in places like churches and synagogues while dropping the current eight-hour annual training requirement for approved concealed handgun permittees to carry firearms while attending services. The bill was popular with lawmakers, passing the House 81-10 and the Senate 34-3, veto-proof margins that all but ensured a signature from the Democrat Edwards — who approved the bill without comment.

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Source:: Bearing Arms

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