Atlanta's Episcopal Bishop, Responding to New State Law, Bans Guns in Parish Churches

From Georgia-

Georgia’s new gun law, HB 60, allows permit holders to carry concealed weapons into a church—but only if the church specifically allows it.  Some local religious leaders who oppose the law, however, are taking no chances.

Atlanta Episcopal Bishop Robert Wright has issued a policy, banning guns in churches in his diocese—which covers north and central Georgia—with an exception for on-duty law officers.

Bishop Wright told WABE the policy is a response to what he said is the culture that inspired the new law.

“The culture is moving in a sort of, ‘be suspicious, arm yourself to the teeth against neighbor,’” Wright said.  “And we’re trying to articulate, as followers of Jesus, another way to be.”

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