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After Michigan attack, some Latter-day Saints ask: Why can’t we take guns to church?

Faith’s ban on firearms at meetinghouses draws criticism; new study shows how members view gun rights and gun control.

(Carlos Osorio | AP) Fire and law enforcement officers confer outside a meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, Michigan. In the wake of the attack, some Latter-day Saints would like their faith to lift its prohibition against members bringing guns to church meetings.