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Nascar Fan 
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| Arkansas gov. signs bill permitting guns in church (Posted on 2/11/13 at 2:21 pm)
Arkansas gov. signs bill permitting guns in church
Posted: Feb 11, 2013 1:18 PM CST Updated: Feb 11, 2013 1:18 PM CST
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Gov. Mike Beebe has signed into law a measure allowing concealed handguns in churches and says he believes a follow-up bill addresses the concerns that some pastors had about the new law.
Beebe told reporters Monday that he signed into law the bill that would leave it up to churches and other places of worship to decide whether to allow the concealed weapons.
The concealed handguns would be banned at churches unless they specifically allowed it. Beebe told reporters that a companion bill filed Friday addresses the worries raised by some clergy.
The recently filed House bill would require churches allowing concealed weapons to post signs notifying about the decision.
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Tiguar 
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| re: Arkansas gov. signs bill permitting guns in church (Posted on 2/11/13 at 2:23 pm to Nascar Fan)
cool and all but why do we need a bill "permitting" this?
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Bleeding purple 
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| re: Arkansas gov. signs bill permitting guns in church (Posted on 2/11/13 at 2:31 pm to Tiguar)
a rational decision. 
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SportTiger1
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| re: Arkansas gov. signs bill permitting guns in church (Posted on 2/11/13 at 2:34 pm to Tiguar)
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cool and all but why do we need a bill "permitting" this?
Agreed. It's great that someone is thinking, but my pastor/congregation should already be able to decide what is good for us.
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Vol Fan in the Bayou 
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| re: Arkansas gov. signs bill permitting guns in church (Posted on 2/11/13 at 3:08 pm to Nascar Fan)
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Arkansas gov. signs bill permitting guns in church
Never mind. Misread the article.
This post was edited on 2/11 at 3:10 pm
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MThawg 
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| re: Arkansas gov. signs bill permitting guns in church (Posted on 2/11/13 at 3:10 pm to Vol Fan in the Bayou)
NVM too 
This post was edited on 2/11 at 3:11 pm
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Geauxtiga
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| re: Arkansas gov. signs bill permitting guns in church (Posted on 2/11/13 at 3:18 pm to SportTiger1)
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but my pastor/congregation should already be able to decide what is good for us.
Non-denominational, and others may but Catholic pastors, for example, don't have sole authority to make such decisions.
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