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Mormons Explicitly Ban Guns From Church Property

Church policy previously declared it was “inappropriate” to bring firearms to services.

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By Tracy Connor

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is banning guns from its services. The Associated Press reports that church policy previously declared that it was inappropriate to have firearms on church grounds; now it explicitly bars everyone except law enforcement officers from carrying lethal weapons. “Churches are dedicated for the worship of God and as havens from the cares and concerns of the world,” the policy says, according to the AP. The revision follows a fatal shooting in a Nevada Mormon church in 2018 and a new Texas law that allows worshippers to carry weapons at religious services.

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