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Clarification: Mormon Church-Gun Rules story

Clarification: Mormon Church-Gun Rules story | iNFOnews.ca
FILE - In this July 23, 2018, file photo, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints church where a longtime rural Nevada volunteer firefighter was fatally shot during a Sunday services is shown in Fallon, Nev., about 60 miles east of Reno. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has hardened its rules against bringing guns to church by tweaking the policy to say it is "prohibited" for anyone except police officers. Daniel Woodruff, a spokesman for the Utah-based faith, on Monday, August 26, 2019 confirmed the change to a church policy handbook..(AP Photo/Scott Sonner, File)

SALT LAKE CITY – In a story Aug. 26, The Associated Press reported that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints would be sending the letter it sent to local leaders in Texas to leaders elsewhere about a new policy that prohibits lethal weapons in church. The church said it won’t send the same letter, but will notify local church leaders about the change in security measures.

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