In the wake of the massacre at Pittsburgh's Congregation Tree of Life, the notion of protecting houses of worship with firearms has taken on new meaning. Brooklyn assemblyman Dov Hikind, a very conservative Democrat representing an Orthodox Jewish Republican neighborhood, this week stated: The idea that someone could come in and there's no one in that synagogue or church that can actually react to someone who's about to use guns and is using guns is insane.  It makes no sense. Likewise, the Brooklyn borough president, a 22-year veteran of the police department and a conservative Democrat, remarked: From now on, I will bring my handgun every time I enter a church or synagogue.  I used to carry my gun all the time when I went to church.  If we have police officers standing in front of churches, then we can't say it's wrong for a police officer who's off-duty to be inside churches with a gun.  If...(Read Full Post)