andblessed peacemaking from the barrel of a sidearm fits perfectly with today’s “good guy with a gun” fantasies.
. The Trace is certainly consistent on the topic of guns.houses of worship are no less likely to serve as venues of conflicts that escalate uncontrollably because of the presence of a gun
The mention of Texas churches in the article conveniently brings up some side-effects of the recently enacted licensed open carry law. Missing, of course, is that it has been legal to carry concealed in Texas churches for several years with negligible negative -- and presumably some positive -- effects.