I do this too, leave it locked in car when I have too!, but this is because I did not have time to ask the priest if I could carry into the church I was visiting for the weekend.
Oh that 's just great. Now we have Catholic parishoners carrying concealed guns in Church so that they can shoot people during Mass? And Catholic priests are also advocating membership in the NRA and are themselves secretly carrying concealed guns on their person during Mass? How many people need to be shot dead in our Catholic Churches before this nonsense will stop. It is time for Catholic laypeople and Catholic priests to stop carrying concealed guns or other weapons to our Catholic Masses and let us poor and humble Church goers to worship in peace and with peace of mind.
Wow…this is being plain ignorant! What makes you think that the Catholic Church is immune from a vicious attack? I hope you don’t think that this stuff can only happen in a protestant community?
Yep, here at CAF one the members (although I haven’t seen him post lately) is a priest, and he used to talk about, and occasionally provide photos, of his hunting trips.
First off, we don’t pull out our guns and start shooting people anywhere we have the right to carry! We are not the criminals that have illegal handguns intending to commit a crime with them!
It’s a reasonable point. I was raised with the notion that, whether you had a gun in your home or not, you didn’t talk about it. It is better to leave the crooks guessing.
And you know that a gun is safe when it is properly holstered on their person. Nothing deadly about that, right?
so a bar, store, restaurant or any other private property owner is also violating the constitution by banning guns on his property. No, actually those rights cease when you enter private property and that includes free speech. That is why, for instance, a teacher or student in a private or Catholic school is not allowed to spew forth anything that conflicts with the mission and ethic of the school.
No…they are not violating the constitution…I never said that! What they ought to do is use their freedom and allow guns on their property, knowing that this is truly in the best interest for the safety of others. Putting a ban in place does nothing to stop crimes from happening!
Your very first post appears to express the opinion that the bishops were violating the constitution.
When, yes when, that day comes again, in the presence of the Most Holy Eucharist we will follow Our Lord’s and the Saint’s example and accept martyrdom. Do you truly think the Nuns and clergy whom were martyred by the Red Terror in Spain were so because of a lack of weaponry?
