Arkansas panel OKs allowing concealed guns in churches

By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette

Associated Press Rep. Beverly Pyle, R-Cedarville, left, and Grant Exton, executive director of the Arkansas Concealed Carry Association, listen during a meeting of the House Committee on the Judiciary at the Arkansas state Capitol Tuesday in Little Rock.

LITTLE ROCK—An Arkansas legislative committee has backed a bill allowing concealed weapons in churches, despite concerns of a pastor who said he was shot in a sanctuary two decades ago and still opposes the measure.

Pastor John Phillips Jr. told members of the House Judiciary Committee on...

Published: 02/04/2009