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Robert Kirby: Taking aim at the new LDS Church policy on guns

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially announced that firearms are no longer welcome on its property. No more going to church strapped.

There are some exceptions. Off-duty cops, church security personnel, and perhaps one or two of the Brethren are still permitted to.

I’m not kidding. Ours is a church that began with a vision, but didn’t really get going until a gunfight. More on that in a minute.

I carried a gun to church when I was a cop. Not all the time, but often enough that I got used to it.