The Reality of Guns in Church

I read with interest, and some degree of disbelief, the Herald’s Nov. 15 front-page piece regarding church safety.

Most of the church leaders that the Herald interviewed seem to be living in the real world enough to have started planning for an incident, be it a heart attack or intruder. But only one church leader had the good sense to decline specifying what those plans entail.

It’s common for reporters to ask questions about security measures after a high-profile incident. That’s what reporters do. But leaders, church, school district or otherwise, should know that they don’t – indeed should...