Is Open Carry Kosher for Sabbath?

Flying home from Houston, I sat next to a Jewish woman who informed me that her temple recently had a two hour debate on whether to allow “open carry” of guns during services and community gatherings. Shocked, I asked for the main debating points. FOR: KC Jewish Center was shot up last year; it’s the new law in Texas; people are afraid of crime, and especially fearful of mass gun violence. AGAINST: Open carry will scare people aware from services and gatherings; no one can remember violence that occurred in a Houston temple or synagogue; just because it’s legal doesn’t make it a good idea; fear of gun violence is overdone. OUTCOME: No open carry…. But concealed carry is allowed. Just me, but I don’t want to attend a service or gathering with any guns. TEXAS UNITED METHODISTS: “Believing that the open carry of handguns on church property is inconsistent with an atmosphere of prayer and worship, it is the recommendation of the Conference Chancellors that oral and/or written notice be given in accordance with the statute prohibiting the “Open Carry” of handguns in churches of the Conference. We make no recommendation regarding the prohibition of concealed handguns on church property and suggest that this be left up to individual congregations.”