WayneConrad
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Ok, but I don't think you get to be tax exempt.
From The Scientology Story (Los Angeles Times series) :
(emphasis mine). It seems to me that the moment you carry somewhere prohibited by law because your church requires you to, the IRS will decline your church's tax exempt status.
And it's hard to get shooters together to go shooting! Organized services would be a heck of a stretch.
From The Scientology Story (Los Angeles Times series) :
In the United States, it is easy to become a church, no matter how unconventional -- you just say it is so. The hard part may come in keeping tax-exempt status, as Scientology has learned.
The U.S. government is constitutionally barred from determining what is and what is not a religion. But, under the law, there is no guaranteed right to tax exemption. The IRS can make a church pay taxes if it fails to meet criteria established by the agency.
A tax-exempt religion may not, for example, operate primarily for business purposes, commit crimes, engage in partisan politics or enrich private individuals. It should, among other things, have a formal doctrine, ordained ministers, religious services, sincerely held beliefs and an established place of worship.
(emphasis mine). It seems to me that the moment you carry somewhere prohibited by law because your church requires you to, the IRS will decline your church's tax exempt status.
And it's hard to get shooters together to go shooting! Organized services would be a heck of a stretch.