tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870905574657583796.post6611024633056071979..comments2011-07-18T06:51:50.392-05:00Steve Harrelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02525770449071261507noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870905574657583796.post-10551050833387854852009-02-05T23:19:00.000-06:002009-02-05T23:19:00.000-06:00Exactly right.<BR/><BR/>A misdemeanor is not going to stop a hate filled individual from murdering people in a church. He has already decided to commit multiple felonies.<BR/><BR/>The only people the current law stops are the people that we don't need to be afraid of. This bill is the right thing to do.Joshua Lowrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870905574657583796.post-63041735962695587992009-02-05T09:56:00.000-06:002009-02-05T09:56:00.000-06:00Churches will still have the right to ask participants to not carry firearms. And, for those of you opposed to this bill, do you really believe that a homicidal maniac is going to abide by the current law? If someone is hellbent on murdering attendees, then he/she is not going to be stopped by a piece of legislation. However, giving law-abiding citizens the peace of mind of carrying a means of defense, so that they can save their fellow man's life, IS the right thing to do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870905574657583796.post-18846218008631473762009-02-04T16:05:00.000-06:002009-02-04T16:05:00.000-06:00"Under HB1237 the state is literally ordering every church in Arkansas to allow a total stranger with a gun on his hip to enter your church and sit by your family. For the state to force this upon churches, or church members, is an intolerable intrusion." Former Governor and convicted felon Jim Guy Tucker.<BR/><BR/>This is a complete lie, HB 1237 would simply remove "churches" from the list of prohibited places in the Arkansas concealed carry statute. It would be left up to the churches to determine who could and could not carry.THE CITIZENS JOURNALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03721557566106844842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870905574657583796.post-91669353746814077962009-02-04T15:22:00.000-06:002009-02-04T15:22:00.000-06:00Just before you fall asleep at night, do you think to yourself, "this world would be a better place if only the state would stop infringing on my right to carry a gun to church"? A few cards short of a full deck is definitely pretty generous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870905574657583796.post-62453842254224687922009-02-04T14:53:00.000-06:002009-02-04T14:53:00.000-06:00More misinformation!<BR/>It would not allow "anyone"- only those who have passed an FBI background check, received training in the safe and legal use of firearms, and paid ridiculous fees for licensing.<BR/>And free-fire zones are the result of an overabundance of criminals using guns illegally... not law-abiding citizens with concealed weapons.<BR/>I wonder if 2:34 has even read the bill! Sounds like a regurgitation of DemGaz stuff there!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870905574657583796.post-39567251650097276492009-02-04T14:34:00.000-06:002009-02-04T14:34:00.000-06:00Anyone who seriously thinks it's a good idea to require houses of worship to allow anyone who enters the church to be armed unless the church specifically pays for and puts up a sign disallowing the packing of heat...well, calling you a few cards short of a full deck is being kind. <BR/><BR/>Feel free to indulge your firearms fetish on your own time, on your own property, but please stop trying to force your obsession with making every square inch of public space a free-fire zone on the rest of the world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870905574657583796.post-20015431810335041842009-02-04T14:03:00.000-06:002009-02-04T14:03:00.000-06:00...and we all know Jim had the issues of legality and consitutionality foremost in his mind at all times...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870905574657583796.post-55713650783426358702009-02-04T14:01:00.000-06:002009-02-04T14:01:00.000-06:00Actually, right now the State is intruding on the rights of churches by ordering them to NOT allow people legally eligible to carry a concealed weapon on their property.<BR/>Nice attempt at propoganda, though. There is no substance to the opposition to this bill... just more emotionalism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com