Springfield News-Leader A southwest Missouri lawmaker’s plan to make it easier to carry concealed guns in church won initial approval in the Missouri House. Currently, state law bans concealed firearms from religious establishments unless a permit holder gets permission from someone in charge. But a proposal by Rep. Ben Baker, R-Neosho, tacked onto a larger bill Monday would flip that: Permit holders would be allowed to carry unless an organization put up signs announcing a ban. Baker has argued that the bill could prevent shootings like one that happened in his hometown in 2007, when a gunman entered First Congregational Church and killed three people before surrendering to law enforcement.