About 81% of churches have at least one security measure in place and 54% rely on armed congregants as part of their security, according to a survey of 1,000 pastors conducted by the evangelical research group Lifeway Research. So how many congregants come armed?

1631 laws in Virginia required all able men to come armed to church. The law specifically required “All men that are fitting to bear arms,” and to “bring their pieces to the church upon pain of every offence.”

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