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07-07-2010, 01:16 PM
Gov. Bobby Jindal has signed into law one of the more controversial bills from the recent legislative session, one allowing guns to be carried into houses of worship.
bobby_jindal_barataria_bay.JPGView full sizeGregory Bull, The Associated PressGov. Bobby Jindal was photographed at Barataria Bay on July 1.
Jindal's office said Tuesday the governor acted on the bill in the past few days after receiving it June 20.
Including the "gun-in-church" bill, House Bill 1272 by Rep. Henry Burns, R-Haughton, Jindal has signed into law 940 of the 1,067 bills the Legislature sent him, vetoed 12, and used his pen to line-item spending measures in four different budget bills.
Burns' bill would authorize persons who qualified to carry concealed weapons having passed the training and background checks to bring them to churches, mosques, synagogues or other houses of worship as part of a security force.
The pastor or head of the religious institution must announce verbally or in weekly newsletters or bulletins that there will be individuals armed on the property as members of he security force. Those chosen have to undergo eight hours of tactical training each year.
http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/07/gov_bobby_jindal_signs_bills_a.html
bobby_jindal_barataria_bay.JPGView full sizeGregory Bull, The Associated PressGov. Bobby Jindal was photographed at Barataria Bay on July 1.
Jindal's office said Tuesday the governor acted on the bill in the past few days after receiving it June 20.
Including the "gun-in-church" bill, House Bill 1272 by Rep. Henry Burns, R-Haughton, Jindal has signed into law 940 of the 1,067 bills the Legislature sent him, vetoed 12, and used his pen to line-item spending measures in four different budget bills.
Burns' bill would authorize persons who qualified to carry concealed weapons having passed the training and background checks to bring them to churches, mosques, synagogues or other houses of worship as part of a security force.
The pastor or head of the religious institution must announce verbally or in weekly newsletters or bulletins that there will be individuals armed on the property as members of he security force. Those chosen have to undergo eight hours of tactical training each year.
http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/07/gov_bobby_jindal_signs_bills_a.html