The Kentucky House of Representatives approved a bill March 29 that allows anyone with a permit to carry a concealed deadly weapon to church, expanding the 1998 law that allowed only pastors or church officials to do so, according to The Associated Press.
The proposal was approved 53-31. Sixteen members of the House did not vote. The bill was originally designed to permit police departments to destroy confiscated weapons instead of auctioning them. Despite protests from the bill’s original sponsor, Rep. Eleanor Jordan, D-Louisville, another member, Rep. J.R. Gray, changed the proposal to mandate that confiscated guns be given to state police after 90 days for auction.
The state Senate then added its own provision to Gray’s bill — Jordan had her name removed — allowing concealed weapons inside churches.
House Speaker Pro Tem Larry Clark voted against the bill, contending it had been “hijacked in the Senate.”
But Gray denied any wrongdoing.
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