GA - Judge upholds ban on guns in places of worship

[Gunreference1]

12:16 p.m. Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Judge upholds ban on guns in places of worship

By Rhonda Cook
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A federal judge has upheld the Georgia law banning weapons in churches, mosques and synagogues, saying gun rights advocates had not shown that carrying a firearm is necessary to practicing any religion.

U.S. District Judge Ashley Royal late Monday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the gun rights organization GeorgiaCarry.org and the minister at the Baptist Tabernacle of Thomaston. Royal wrote that Georgia law did not violate the First Amendment right to freedom of religion or the Second Amendment guarantee of a right to bear arms.

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Steve

[Schuetzenman]

It's not about practicing a religion, it's about being able to defend yourself while practicing a religion. Especially so when some kook breaks in and decides they want to kill who ever is in the unlucky house of worship!