Guns and crazy people, what could go wrong?
Gov. Phil Bryant has signed into law the Mississippi Church Protection Act to allow churches to legally have armed security if they choose.
Bryant signed House Bill 786 on Friday.
Bryant said in a Twitter post he signed the bill because "churches deserve protection from those who would harm worshippers."
State Rep. Andy Gipson, who authored the bill and is a ministe, has said ."I wish we lived in a world where this bill wouldn't be necessary."
The Mississippi Police Chiefs Association has express concerns about the bill, saying it will do away with a license to carry a concealed handgun in public and would put law enforcement and all Mississippians in harm's way.
The Police Chiefs Association says the bill would lower the bar for who can carry a concealed, loaded gun in public to include violent criminals, some severely mentally ill people, and chronic alcoholics. Cont.
Story from - The Clarion-Ledger
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