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Unfortunately, the cold-caller passing out signs may have opened a can of worms for your church. I bet that is part of her objective when she falls short of her goal of getting the signs posted immediately.

I know when our church was discussing the new open carry law the topic of active shooter response came up so the Pastors consulted with our police chief. As usual, he was not in favor of non-trained citizens carrying guns and responding in any way to an active shooter other than to take cover and/or try to exit the building or area and let trained law enforcement handle the situation. We have one officer on campus during Sunday morning worship services and he is "protecting" several buildings and several hundred people. Unfortunately, the pastors took the chief's word since he is the expert and conveyed to the attenders we should only take cover and/or exit the building without attempting to fight back or engage the shooter. They also installed extremely unsightly 30.07 signs at all public entrances.

It's a shame outside people can have so much influence on what a church or organization does and the decisions they make. OP, hope this all works out for you and your church.