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Like some of the previous posters, I attend a large church with a pretty well-organized security team. Security knows me because I have played in the band for years, so they know that I'm "okay" to be on the stage and back in the "secure area" where the pastors and guest speakers come and go. Some of those guests have been prominent elected officials, but even on a regular day, security is still very protective of the senior pastor. This makes things kind of interesting.

Considering all of this, I've also wondered whether it would be wise to discuss my CHL carry with anyone on the security team. If the unthinkable ever happened, I wouldn't want them to mistake me for the bad guy. But in the final analysis, I've decided to keep it quiet. As previously mentioned, there are many decision makers in a large church. Most of them would probably be indifferent, but I'd wager dollars to donuts that at least one would reflexively tell me not to carry, thereby constituting verbal notice. At that point I would need a higher-level decision maker to overrule that with an affirmative "yes", and that would probably be a lot tougher.

If, God forbid, we ever do have an active shooter, I am pretty sure our security team is well-armed and able to handle the situation. Therefore, I would probably not draw my weapon unless (1) the shooter was very close by and caused an immediate threat to me or my family, or (2) it became apparent that security was not as armed or prepared as I thought, and I had to intervene.