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Seamus, your key word is "tradition". I would say that most churches now have that same tradition since most people do not arm themselves.

seamusTX wrote:

carlson1 wrote:... also believe a Church is an open invitation for the PUBLIC and I believe strongly that it is my right to be able to protect myself.

But many churches have a doctrine against carrying weapons or engaging in any violence in church. The Catholic church is one. I imagine the pacifistic faiths like Jehova's Witnesses do also.

- Jim

Making such statements about the Catholic church is a sign of ignorance on your part.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church states:

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The legitimate defense of persons and societies is not an exception to the prohibition against the murder of the innocent that constitutes intentional killing. "The act of self-defense can have a double effect: the preservation of one's own life; and the killing of the aggressor. . . . The one is intended, the other is not."

I am Catholic, I carry at Mass, the church is not posted.

The Catechism also states that capital punishment is acceptable to protect society. When a Catholic, even the Pope states they are against things like capital punishment and RKBA, it is their personal opinion and is not binding to all Catholics since the Pope must speak in step with the Magisterium in matters of faith and dogma only- not society's concerns.

You really should do your research.

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