Poll: 55 Percent of Tea Partiers Believe in Carrying Guns into Church

[YoungDemCA]

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According to a survey published by the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) on Wednesday, 55 percent of Tea Party movement supporters think people should be allowed to bring concealed guns to church.

The gun toting Tea Partiers were followed by 38 percent of Republicans, 17 percent of Independents and nine percent of Democrats

http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/guns/poll-55-percent-tea-partiers-believe-carrying-guns-church.

[JoePhilly]

1. Jesus was always packing!!!

[whathehell]

4. You betcha!

[rfranklin]

2. Poll: Americans united against guns in churches

The new poll released Wednesday by the Public Religion Research Institute and conducted in partnership with Religion News Service found 76 percent of respondents said concealed weapons should not be allowed in houses of worship, while 20 percent disagreed.

On the general issue of gun control, the poll shows 52 percent favor passing stricter laws, while 44 percent are opposed.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865560762/Poll-Americans-united-against-guns-in-churches.html

[cbayer]

18. Exactly. And in this case the religious groups should win.

[bigdarryl]

3. Not surprising I bet if you asked those same racist fucks

do you believe the President is Muslim they will say hell yes

[2pooped2pop]

9. I believe that is one of the foundations for

the Gun Church Club or better known as, and must be said 3 times in a row, fast-;the Jesus GCC. Jesus GEE SEE SEE, Jesus GEE CEE CEE, Jesus Gee See See.

[bongbong]

5. Scared in church

Maybe they'll try to shoot at heaven to protect themselves from being raptured.

[ManiacJoe]

21. Churches are a frequent place of shootings.

God helps those who help themselves.

[Blue_Tires]

6. Well, our savior was an expert marksman

[2pooped2pop]

7. can't let God get the drop on ya. Know what I mean Vern? n/t

[maxsolomon]

8. Since they believe concealed guns should be allowed everywhere

they're just being consistent.

Leaving them out in the car doesn't help you defend your fambly against your fellow parishioners who bring them in.

[Skittles]

10. paranoid gun nuts

garden-variety

[FLyellowdog]

11. So that "Praying to keep us safe" thing isn't working out very well?

I thought they believed in active prayer...ask and ye shall receive...don't they trust their god to protect them if they want to be protected? And what about all this "It's god's will crap" ? None of this makes any sense to me.

[lindysalsagal]

20. If you get shot it's just god's will

So it's actually blasphemous to get in the way by choosing that someone else should die.

[Swagman]

12. it hasn't dawned on them yet that Jesus was a dark-skinned foreigner from the ME.

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

13. The individual church, like any other residence/business should decide their gun policy

If a church wants to allow guns, fine. If a church wants to ban guns, fine. I don't think the law should micromanage how owners of private/commercial property decide to handle the issue of legally carried guns on their own land/property. If local government want to ban guns on gov't property (schools, police stations, court houses, etc...) then that's fine too.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

14. Taking the object they worship with them seems appropriate. Like Caholics wearing crucifixes.

And, who can forget the big shootout in the Gardens of Gethsemane with Jesus wielding his AK-47 and waving the American flag?

[Brother Buzz]

15. A room full of Barney Fife's? Jeez Louise, run for the hills brothers

[Behind the Aegis]

16. Cap an ass for the Lord!

[gkhouston]

17. WTF? Are they afraid of being raptured without their weapons?

Bullets aren't going to keep Satan at bay.

[TheCowsCameHome]

19. Good.

Stuff them in one big room and let 'em rip.

No big loss if it's a room full of heat-totin' baggers and something goes haywire.

[sad sally]

22. And carry what you're packing in a holster on the outside of your clothing so everybody knows

what everybody else has. And just like mr. avid hunter ryan says, drop that pesky requirement to have to wait 72 hours to get your gun to 24 hours. Heck, anybody wanting to buy a gun needs it now, not three days from now - you never know who might be coming to church.

[Spazito]

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