Mormon leaders ban guns from churches

Published August 27, 2019 2:20pm ET



The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will no longer permit anyone except police officers to bring firearms into churches.

The previous policy, which referred to guns in churches as “inappropriate,” now prohibits “the carrying of lethal weapons on Church property, concealed or otherwise,” according to multiple reports.

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