{"id":15472,"date":"2017-11-30T18:04:56","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T23:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=15472"},"modified":"2017-11-30T18:04:56","modified_gmt":"2017-11-30T23:04:56","slug":"nyc-pastor-encourages-parishioners-to-carry-guns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=15472","title":{"rendered":"NYC pastor encourages parishioners to carry guns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not often surprised by gun news, but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.qchron.com\/editions\/queenswide\/we-live-in-a-very-treacherous-world\/article_6ee5187c-44a9-511e-9e3b-cebc430e9f1c.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I was not expecting this<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;The Rev. Francis Colamaria, pastor of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sthelen.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Helen RC Church in Howard Beach<\/a>, said at an active shooter seminar at the house of worship Monday that he encourages those with the legal ability to carry firearms to bring their guns to the pews.\u00a0 \u201cIf you have a license to carry, I would advise you to carry,\u201d Colamaria said at the seminar, adding that the question has been posed to him by parishioners. \u201cWe live in a very treacherous world.\u201d &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Good for him.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D15472&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=15472\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=15472\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=15472\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not often surprised by gun news, but I was not expecting this: &#8220;The Rev. 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