Guns and the gospel: Alabama church opens shooting range

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According to WIAT, Rocky Mount United Methodist Church in Jemison initially transformed an overgrown gully into a firing range as a way to teach firearm safety to the congregation.

"We had quite a number of church members – some elderly ladies, for example, and some not so elderly women – that had purchased guns, but didn't know how to use them," Pastor Phillip Guin told WIAT.

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