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My place of worship was going to put up a 30.06 sign. I went ballistic, but it was obvious that some people in a position of authority had drunk the Kool-Aid. My well presented facts likening this to wearing a 'Kick Me' sign on one's back got twisted by our 'security' committee to make CHL holders appear to be a threat to public safety. As we have members who believe only LEOs should have access to guns, the antis prevailed.

The signs went up.

I enlisted some key members of our congregation to shoot down this idea and several high profile regulars stopped attending. We got word to the right people why some of us were MIA.

The signs came down.

The moral of this story is stand up and speak up for what you believe. A silent majority becomes irrelevant. I know that my protests were not generally popular and that some of the membership thought I was being rather extreme.

What's great is the clergy who were initially for the 30.06 now tell me they completely understand and agree with my position about no signs, even though some still don't believe in CHL. It wasn't so much an issue of being able to carry as it was about advertising that no one would be carrying. I didn't realize how many were carrying to our services. While those who would be victims don't like the idea, I'm comforted by knowing we have practicing RKBA among our rather liberal congregation.

Happy ending: Some of our clergy who have never before even held a gun have since come with me to the range or have expressed interest. Win!