Religion

I read an article from the New York Times called "Some Pastors worry about guns in church". There is a bill before the Arkansas senate to allow conceaded weapons in churches. Some people are upset because they believe that the government should stay out of church decisisons and that if a church wanted to ban guns they should be able to do that. Others think that no one is going to frisk church goers anyway so it is not really an important bill. And, others think that people should have guns in case something happens and the church members need to be protected.

I think that the individual churches should decided for themselves whether or not they want to allow guns in their church. If the church is in a bad neighborhood where safety is an issue then the church might want to have some people in church who are carrying a gun for safety. I do think that other churches might not want to have people carrying guns if it makes people uncomfortable.

I guess the real issue here is that the government should not interfer with decisions that churches make for their congregations. The individual churches know what works best for them and they should be allowed to decide for themselves.