We Could Wait and See How the Fastest Draw Plays Out in Church

  I think of how in some Wild West towns, you had to turn your gun in when you arrived in town. They knew back then that if everyone had a gun, there would only be trouble.
  I consider this, as I reflect on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints prohibiting lethal weapons in its church houses.
  There are those who warn that a shooter is sure to show up at a church meeting, and -- unchallenged now -- rip bullets all through the churchgoers. The church will regret its prohibiting guns, they promise.
   Such an event might, indeed, happen. But, on the flip side, consider what a proliferation of guns could mean. What if it became practice among some to bring guns to church? What if, say, ten people conceal-carried? Sometimes, people get upset with each other. And, if they have guns, that can be dangerous. I think of stories of friends simply being together, playing cards or whatever, and a disagreement breaks out, and one pulls out his gun and shoots the other.
  That could happen in church. And, the more guns, the more likely it will. Someone gets edgy about someone else, and they pull out their gun. I don't know but what if he or she knows the other person is also carrying, that might even make them pull their gun quicker.
  The fastest draw always was the rule when guns were involved. We could wait to see how that rule plays out in church. Or, we could nip it in the bud, and prohibit guns.