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I have carried at church since getting my plastic. But now I am on our security team an we carry as a licensed personal protection officers (Level 4 security guard - concealed). I sometimes work at church alone very late doing IT work. After the pastor in Arlington was murdered in a robbery attempt in March I started to carry as Level 3 (open carry and uniformed) . A week before his murder we had a burglary at our church.

People who think bad things do not happen at church are naive or deluded. The reason I got my plastic was because of the pastor in Maryville, Illinois who was shot and killed two years ago during the morning service. This is only a short drive from where I was born and it woke me up to the need to protect our pastor, staff and church members.

Ron