I feel so badly about the shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston.
Some people in my state want churches to hire armed guards and put security cameras everywhere. Others think people should be allowed to carry guns in churches.
Guns and armed guards don’t belong in churches. If you can’t go to church without being armed, then you should probably stay home. I don’t think Jesus would want his followers to “pack heat” in churches—or anywhere else.
Chuck Mann
Greensboro, N.C.
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