Group asks court to review guns in church case
by The Associated Press
Oct 17, 2012 | 896 views | 1 1 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend | print
ATLANTA — A gun rights organization is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve differing decisions on whether states can ban firearms in churches and other places of worship.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that GeorgiaCarry.org on Tuesday asked for a hearing before the high court on the basis that there's a split among lower courts.

In July, a federal appeals court in Atlanta upheld Georgia's law banning guns in churches and other places of worship.

The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision upheld a lower court's dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the law. GeorgiaCarry and the Rev. Jonathan Wilkins of the Baptist Tabernacle of Thomaston had filed the suit.

Wilkins has said he wanted to have a gun for protection while working in the church office.
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Lakecreek
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October 17, 2012
Praise The Lord and pass the ammo. I can see no reason to carry a firearm in church. I am a strong firearms rights supporter but even I think they are places they don't belong. They should worry about what Obama will do if re-elected with all the talk of renewed bans last night.
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