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Bill allowing guns at churches with schools triggers debate, but heads to Senate floor anyway


Bill allowing guns at churches with schools triggers debate, but heads to Senate floor anyway
The bill garnered pushback from several religious groups.
A bill that would allow Floridians with concealed weapons permits to carry a gun in religious institutions, even if there is a school on the property, is on to the Senate floor. 
The Senate Rules Committee heard the House version of the bill (
Joe Gruters, who sponsored the Senate version of the bill (
SB 498), presented it to the committee, which voted 10-6 to send it to the Senate Floor on a party-line vote.
Although Florida law does not prevent a person from carrying a gun into a religious institution, current statute does prohibit individuals from bringing firearms into houses of worship located on the same property as a school. This proposal would change that. ....

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