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Virginia Senate Passes Bill Allowing Guns In Churches
  Posted January 23rd, 2018 02:41 pm

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The Virginia Senate has passed legislation aimed at allowing guns in church in the wake of a deadly church shooting in Texas.

The Republican controlled chamber voted along party lines Tuesday to approve the measure, which would repeal a state law prohibiting weapons in a place of worship during a religious service.

A state Attorney General's opinion from 2011 says current law already allows Virginians to carry guns in churches, subject to a church's permission. But GOP Sen. Ben Chafin, the bill's sponsor, said the legislature needed to clarify and cement the right to carry a gun in church into law if a church allows it.

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Virginia-Senate-Passes-Bill-to-Allow-Guns-in-Churches-470741303.html

Virginia Senate Passes Bill Allowing Guns In Churches