Senate passes bill allowing armed security teams in churches
The bill -From: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2016/pdf/history/HB/HB0786.xml
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Asked to choose between a Christian spirit of peace and a God-given right of self-defense, Mississippi senators are overwhelming favoring the latter.
The Senate voted 36-14 Tuesday to pass House Bill 786 (http://bit.ly/1ZIUFLb ), known as the Mississippi Church Protection Act. The bill returns to the House.
It says places of worship could designate members to undergo firearms training and carry guns to protect the congregation.
The bill also allows people to carry guns in holsters without a concealed weapons permit, expanding on last year's law allowing people to carry guns in purses without a permit.
Finally, the measure asserts no state official can enforce any federal executive order or administrative rule that violates the U.S. or Mississippi constitutions. It's a challenge to the principle that federal law overrides state law.
The bill -From: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2016/pdf/history/HB/HB0786.xml
Title: AN ACT TO CREATE THE "MISSISSIPPI CHURCH PROTECTION ACT"; TO AMEND SECTION 45-9-101, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING SECTION; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 97-37-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR PURPOSES OF AMENDMENT; TO AMEND SECTION 97-37-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE LIST OF DEFENSES FOR A PERSON INDICTED OR CHARGED FOR A VIOLATION OF THE PROVISION OF LAW REGULATING THE USE OF FIREARMS; TO AMEND SECTION 97-3-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT KILLING A PERSON WHILE ACTING AS A PARTICIPANT OF A CHURCH OR PLACE OF WORSHIP SECURITY TEAM IS JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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