Maybe it's because of being Texas or it could be that the extremely Conservative church of Christ (small 'c' -- not Jeremiah Wright's lunatic asylum) just sees things differently but my congregation is far from a gun free zone. The preacher carries and, likewise, a good percentage of those of us worshiping on Sundays (and, of course, Wednesday night). Any thug trying to make off with the collection plate will be greeted with a hail of hot lead through the head just before he enters eternal damnation. The Second Amendment means a lot to us -- and is right up there with Acts 2:38 as far as most of us at the coC are concerned.
In my opinion, a church is definitely among the places where guns should be welcomed. America was built on a foundation of God and guns. They are absolutely inseparable.
