OHIO CHURCH PONDERING A GUN RANGE FOR PARISHIONERS

The Medina, Ohio, Assembly of God church is thinking about providing a gun range for its members. Pastor Adam Allen said it all started when a church member who liked to target practice suggested the church use the back half of a 30-acre parcel it owns as a gun range. Pastor Allen said the idea was that it could be a branch of men’s ministry: “A lot of men like to shoot and there’s nothing within driving distance that has an outdoor range.” The church already runs a youth sports camp on the front half of the property, with baseball fields, archery and other fun outdoor activities. A gun range, some church members thought, would be an extension of that for sportsmen, something open to church members only. “It would give them a new way to have for fellowship … a way to interact beyond church services,” Allen said. The church board is divided over whether the gun range is a good idea, Allen said. The pastor said he does not own a gun, but doesn’t oppose others’ rights to do so.
* I guess they figure it’s worth a shot.
* A shooting range ministry? They can call it “Guns ‘n’ God.”
* The “Bullets Brotherhood”?
* “Loaded for the Lord”?
* Brad Paisley could write a damn fine country song with this premise.
* Of course, if you owned a regular gun range and you have to pay taxes while this church doesn’t, you’d be miffed.
* Why not attach entire corporations to the back of churches and skip the tax bills altogether?
* I wonder how the town of Medina feels about that “Funky Cold Medina” song?
* Let me guess: They don’t exactly invite Tone Loc to the big parade every year.