A Decision To Make (Editorial)

A couple of years back, legislators in Arkansas gave churches the right to decide for themselves whether they wanted to be “gun-free” or “gun-friendly.” Although the law was hard to enforce, churches had previously been on the list of zones in which carrying firearms — even by citizens licensed to carry concealed weapons — was against the law.

Allowing private, voluntary organizations to make that decision was proper — although the Legislature hampered church leaders’ ability to learn whether people packing heat in their pews were actually licensed by making the licensee list a state secret.

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