Gun-Loving Pastor to His Flock: Piece be with You - 11Alive.com | WXIA | Atlanta, GA
"New Bethel Church is welcoming "responsible handgun owners" to wear their firearms inside the church June 27, a Saturday. An ad says there will be a handgun raffle, patriotic music and information on gun safety."
"We're just going to celebrate the upcoming theme of the birth of our nation," said pastor Ken Pagano. "And we're not ashamed to say that there was a strong belief in God and firearms - without that this country wouldn't be here."
The guns must be unloaded and private security will check visitors at the door, Pagano said.
"He said recent church shootings, including the killing Sunday of a late-term abortion provider in Kansas, which he condemned, highlight the need to promote safe gun ownership."
Mr Pagano supports the people's right to keep and bear arms, but he's all too quick to limit that right to unloaded firearms and to have private security disarm his sheep at the door. What a hypocrite!