HB 235 - Stand your ground law extended to church’s

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    An important thing to note in this bill is that it does not give CHP holders permission to carry in a church. It merely changes the affirmative defense provision should someone have to defend themselves in a church. The weapon must still be legally possessed which means either open carry (which is not illegal in a church) or concealed with the pastor's permission.
     

    JBP55

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    An important thing to note in this bill is that it does not give CHP holders permission to carry in a church. It merely changes the affirmative defense provision should someone have to defend themselves in a church. The weapon must still be legally possessed which means either open carry (which is not illegal in a church) or concealed with the pastor's permission.

    I Seriously Doubt any Church allowing Open Carry. I think they would be redirected before they arrived at the door.
     

    XD-GEM

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    I Seriously Doubt any Church allowing Open Carry. I think they would be redirected before they arrived at the door.

    You may be right, but that's not the point of my post.

    The point is that, given the media coverage, people with valid CHPs may think that this will override the provisions of the CHP law. It does not. All it does is change what happens after you shoot someone in a church. If you are legally carrying, you will likely be protected by this in a justifiable defense scenario. If you are not legally carrying, you will not be protected by it - even if you shoot a jihadi terrorist bent on mayhem (although if I were a prosecutor on that, I would be loathe to go after someone who saved a whole church full of kids from this).

    I'll leave it to an actual lawyer to explain the fine points of affirmative defense, but that is all that this bill will do.
     

    georg jetson

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    Any church meeting place that I've open carried in has never been an issue. I'm usually thanked.
     
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