LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A Senate panel on Wednesday rejected a bill allowing concealed handguns in churches after opponents complained that allowing firearms defied the notion that religious buildings are sanctuaries.
The Senate Judiciary Committee stalled the bill on a voice. The measure would have removed churches and other houses of worship from the list of places where concealed handguns are banned in Arkansas. Only churches and bars are on that list.
The bill's sponsor, Rep. Beverly Pyle, R-Cedarville, told the panel after the vote that she may try again with the proposal.
Pyle said during the hearing that she wanted to give churches the option to allow firearms in their buildings.
"This is not a gun question, it is a question of religious freedom," Pyle said. ...
Article here. Sadly, it will probably take a mass shooting at an Arkansas church for this legislation to pass.
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