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Bu don't public gatherings have distinct start times? My church doesn't. Sunday school generally starts at 10 and service starts at 11 Sunday mornings, but that's akin to a sale at Macy's starting at 10 when the doors have been open for an hour or two already. Come or go as you please, but you can stay for the service if you'd like. I understood that to not be a public gathering.
When are we going to get this public gathering crap sorted out and get a better definition and/or exhaustive listing?
Not really. PG is broader than most people are aware. It got that way through alot of bad court case over the years. "Churches and Church functions" mean just that: Church buildings and the parking lots. It doesn't matter if a mass is occuring or not. Its still illegal.
Do you want to hear something more scary than that? Church functions can be considered bible studies in your own home. If you have guns in the house and invite your church friends over for a prayer session, we'll then you've carried a weapon to a Church Function and need to call Doug King. If you think it can't happen, look how a federal judge ruled that HB89 doesn't apply at the airport
The Senate Study Committee on Firearms is looking at this. There is alot of high power people in the Legislature and Executive branch that oppose church carry. If you haven't already, write to Senator Seabaugh and ask him to include church carry in the bill that comes out of the commmittee.
Mike