It is legal in at least 22 states for gunowners to carry concealed weapons in churches, synagogues, and mosques.
Many states also permit concealed carry at school sporting events, concerts, and other activities.
The Safe Havens resolution would put the Senate on record in favor of bans on guns in places of worship or educational and scholastic settings. We want to make a clear, unequivocal statement that we, like most Americans, believe that Saturday Night Specials do not belong in Sunday School classes or any other place where families are learning, playing or praying, Lieberman said. Barbara Mikulski, Charles Schumer, Barbara Boxer, Herb Kohl, Chris Dodd, John Kerry, Jack Reed, Evan Bayh, Tom Harkin, Frank Lautenberg, Harry Reid, Bob Torricelli, Tim Johnson, John Breaux, Paul Wellstone, Richard Bryan, Ted Kennedy, Chuck Robb, Bob Graham, Ron Wyden, Daniel Akaka, Dianne Feinstein, John Edwards, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Patrick Leahy, and Paul Sarbanes. Lieberman said he plans to introduce the measure the week the Senate returns from the Easter-Passover recess, in advance of the Million Mom March against gun violence on May 14. All we are saying with this resolution is that every community is entitled to at least a few sites of sanctuary, where they can honor their families and their God without fearing for their safety or their lives, Lieberman said.