Does anybody carry while at church?

[Guest offroader1994]

My pastors wife has been run over twice by the same person over some old hard fellings at the church, and with all the other bad things happening even at churches. While i'm at church i have one on my side, we have 1 exprison guard and 1 present time prison guard. I do not think that either 1 of them carry they are married. Paranoid maybe, scared maybe, prepared YEAH!

[Guest TNDixieGirl]

Church, work, wherever....I carry.

[Guest UncleB]

I generally do not leave the house unarmed. Sunday morning is no exception.

[Guest Steelharp]

The bible cover I have has a very handy concealment pocket.

[The Rabbi]

Duting the week obviously yes since I carry all the time. On Saturdays I'm not allowed to carry anything so the gun stays home.

On holidays I often have. And another congregant regularly carries a Model 642 (can't beat those snubs!) in his tallis bag.

[TGO David]

On Saturdays I'm not allowed to carry anything so the gun stays home.

Really?

[The Rabbi]

Really?

Yup.

[Guest TNDixieGirl]

Rabbi, if it isn't too personal, can you tell us why you aren't allowed to carry on Saturdays? That sounds interesting.

[Mike.357]

On Saturdays I'm not allowed to carry anything so the gun stays home.

I can make a guess as to why but I would rather know why than guess.

[Guest db99wj]

I can't, due to the laws of this state.

It is a church and school (K-8) with dual use facilities.

[The Rabbi]

Rabbi, if it isn't too personal, can you tell us why you aren't allowed to carry on Saturdays? That sounds interesting.

Not a problem.

You can find the explanation here:

http://www.torahtots.com/torah/39melachot.htm

Look at #39.

[Guest readyornot]

I carry every day including Sunday. There are also several LEO's who attend my church and I know they also carry when off duty. We have a very large and visible congregation so sometimes I feel like we may be a sitting duck much like the church in Colorado. As for the school, we have a K-12 on site also. Maybe I'm a bad boy but I very seldom remove my gun regardless of law or signage. I really don't trust someone else saying where I'm safe.

[Guest TNDixieGirl]

Is Shabbat what I would call Sabbath? If it is, I understand it now. If it's not, I probably missed the meaning of that entire link.

And thank you. That was indeed very enlightening.

[The Rabbi]

Is Shabbat what I would call Sabbath? If it is, I understand it now. If it's not, I probably missed the meaning of that entire link.

And thank you. That was indeed very enlightening.

No, you got it right.

[TGO David]

Rabbi, if it isn't too personal, can you tell us why you aren't allowed to carry on Saturdays? That sounds interesting.

Not a problem.

You can find the explanation here:

http://www.torahtots.com/torah/39melachot.htm

Look at #39.

Um... is your interpretation of that a bit legalistic? Transporting vs. carrying?

[Im Neero]

Of course it's a bit legalistic. That's how those things work.

[The Rabbi]

Um... is your interpretation of that a bit legalistic? Transporting vs. carrying?

Damn right! We're legalistic and we like it like that!

[molonlabetn]

There isn't a religion on the planet which hasn't been at least slightly warped by human perspective... the important thing is to be true to what you believe.

And I do carry to church, yes.

[Fallguy]

I carry at church as well.

[TGO David]

J-Frame in my pants pocket at church.

[Guest UKTN]

When I was in Jerusalem I thought I saw solders carrying guns on Friday evening and Saturday do they have an exemption because they are in the army?

[Guest someguy12341]

My church is also a school, which means it's not allowed.

...And yes, I realize that's not a yes or no answer to the original question.

[The Rabbi]

When I was in Jerusalem I thought I saw solders carrying guns on Friday evening and Saturday do they have an exemption because they are in the army?

No.

Israelis generally aren't religious so they wouldn't care. Alternatively, in Jerusalem there's an eiruv so carrying isnt an issue.

If you didnt understand the second answer then never mind.

[saintsfanbrian]

This article discusses the eruv for carrying. For other types of eruv, see Eruv (disambiguation). A community Eruv (Hebrew: עירוב‎ mixture, also transliterated as Eiruv or Erub, plural: Eruvin) is a symbolic boundary that allows Orthodox Jews to carry certain items outside the walls of their own property (including outdoors and to other areas in a shared dwelling) that would otherwise be forbidden during Shabbat. It is more properly known as an eruv chatzerot (Hebrew: עירוב חצרות‎).

The validity of an eruv requires a set of walls or a fence — either real or symbolic — that surrounds an area containing anything from a single private home and its yard, to an entire Jewish neighborhood, permitting carrying within its boundaries. In contemporary Jewish discourse, "an eruv" frequently refers to this symbolic "fence," (actually "doorframe/s") rather than the eruv itself.

This is a prayer that allows you to do things that normally you couldn't right?

[Guest UKTN]

Rabbi I do understand my ex sister in law lived in Jerusalem for many years and I visited many times.