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\nI like what a priest from Brooklyn said about this last week: “I’m not in favor of bringing guns to church.  I’d be afraid that if somebody thought my homily was too long, they’d take out a gun and shoot me.”  <\/p>\n

Anyway: Louisiana’s Catholic governor just signed a law allowing them to be carried in to church — but the bishops are saying no.<\/p>\n

From USA TODAY<\/a> via the AP: <\/p>\n

\nConcealed handguns won’t be allowed in Roman Catholic churches, despite a new state law allowing them.<\/p>\n

“We don’t think it is appropriate to have guns in churches,” Danny Loar, executive director of the Louisiana Conference of Catholic Bishops — the church’s public policy arm in Louisiana, said Monday.<\/p>\n

The law allows concealed handguns in churches, synagogues or mosques for those with a valid permit and training. It also says those with authority over a church have the final say in their church.<\/p>\n

Bishops discussed the issue when reviewing bills, Loar said.<\/p>\n

“The bishops decided that, if the bill became law, the bishops would let their pastors know that this would not be permissible in Catholic churches,” Loar said.<\/p>\n

The previous law let only law enforcement officials carry concealed weapons into churches.<\/p>\n

Loar said he notified Louisiana’s bishops by e-mail shortly after Gov. Bobby Jindal signed state Rep. Henry Burns’ bill into law on July 6.<\/p>\n

The bill triggered controversy and heavy criticism in newspaper editorials but cleared the House 65-26 and the Senate 22-9.<\/p>\n

Burns, R-Haughton, said this year’s law gives church leaders a new option if security concerns warrant it.<\/p>\n

“I don’t have a problem with them opting out of it,” Burns said of Catholic bishops.<\/p>\n

“It is a freedom of choice thing,” he added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There’s more at the USA TODAY link.<\/a><\/p>\n

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