A bible and a gun. That's what you can expect if you were to decide to become part of the congregation later this month at a local church. No, seriously - we aren't kidding.

Grace Baptist Church in Troy has a big mass planned at the end of the month, and is looking to get as many people in attendance as they can. They decided to up their attendance numbers they would give something out to those in attendance. Normally you would think maybe a pancake breakfast after mass, right? In this case, you'd be wrong - unless that breakfast came with an AR-15 and ammo - hold the pancakes.

The flyer that was handed out. Credit: Grace Baptist Church

The gun, described as a "a lightweight, 5.56 mm/.223-caliber, magazine-fed, air cooled rifle with a rotating-lock bolt", fits the bill of the highly controversial NY SAFE Act. But - why a gun at church?

State Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin - who happens to oversee the district the church is in, not only is expected to be speaking at the upcoming event, but is in favor of this action by the church.

It's a legal product. Churches raffle off items all the time. My church has a $10,000 raffle every single year. I mean, I don't know how it's a controversy, quite honestly, that law-abiding, church-going citizens of New York that are legal gun owners are taking part in a raffle to raise funds for a church, I don't know why that's controversial.

To obtain the gun, the church goers will still have to apply through the proper channels to be able to own the gun, and the church reserves the right to "disqualify people of questionable character"

So, this whole thing is legal - but is it safe? We now have churches putting guns - while still legal - out on the street. It just doesn't seem right!

What do you think?