The House Committee on Criminal Justice voted 8-3 Wednesday to move House Bill 68 to the House floor.The bill allows people to carry concealed weapons legally into churches with their minister’s permission.Rep. Henry Burns, R-Haughton, supported the bill, “It’s not everybody bringing a gun — wild, wild West,” Burns told the Advocate.Ivan Imes — who is known on campus as “Mr. Jesus Talk” — said he wasn’t sure how he felt about the bill.”I suppose if someone had a security role and looked at things from a different view, it would be OK,” Imes said. “Even though Christians have the protection of the Holy Spirit, it doesn’t protect from the crazies that may come in the church.”Tyler Trahan, sports administration sophomore and an active student at the Christ the King Catholic Center, said he feels the bill is odd.”I feel that is a very unusual thing to even suggest,” Trahan said. “I feel that this raises the concern for people that choose to worship in their own ways. You never know what could happen — sometimes people take things to the extreme.”Than Vu, a priest at Christ the King, said he feels there is no reason for the bill.”I would discourage people from bringing a gun to church,” Vu said. “I think that others would feel the same as me, but I’m certainly not speaking for everyone. If a student asked me to bring a gun to mass, I would do my best to discourage him or her from bringing it. Church isn’t a place where you should feel threatened.”Patti Garner, president of the Baton Rouge chapter of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, said the group hasn’t taken an official stance on the issue.”I don’t think it’s a church versus state issue,” Garner said. “I don’t understand the gun craze in this part of the country. Church is supposed to be a peaceful place.”—-Contact Mandy Francois at [email protected].