New Jersey officials are providing more than 7,000 "bleeding control kits" to the state's approximately 6,400 houses of worship as part of an effort to help churches respond to potential mass shootings and improve "active shooter incident survival."
A Pennsylvania State House Representative is planning to introduce legislation that would prevent houses of worship from closing during emergency declarations, such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
Last summer, after losing a gun rights case in front of the Supreme Court, New York leaders passed new restrictions on gun access designed to circumvent the issues that the justices had raised. The legislation, signed on July 1, made it harder to obtain a concealed carry license, established state oversight for the background check system, and made it a crime to bring a gun into certain “sensitive locations,” including libraries, playgrounds and houses of worship. “With this action, New York has sent a message to the rest of the country that we will not stand idly by and let the Supreme Court reverse years of sensible gun regulations,” said New York’s Lieutenant Gov. Antonio Delgado at the time.
Following a sharp rise in Islamophobia and antisemitism in the U.S., the State Bond Commission authorized the release of $5 million in grants Friday to improve security in houses of worship and qualifying nonprofits in Connecticut. It is the third round of funding for the Connecticut Nonprofit Security Grant Program, but the first following the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel. “These should be .
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a new guide Wednesday with the goal of helping houses of worship — such as churches, mosques and temples — protect themselves amid a time of heightened tensions. The guidelines, released through the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), outline specific actions “faith-based communities” can take to “mitigate…