MS HB786

Establishes the "Mississippi Church Protection Act" allowing churches or places of worship to designate members as security team participants authorized to carry firearms to protect congregations and resist unlawful violent felonies on premises.

Requires security team members to possess a valid firearms permit under Section 45-9-101, complete firearms safety training per Section 97-37-7, and have their names recorded in church minutes or written records available to law enforcement upon request.

Grants civil immunity to church security team members for actions taken during reasonable exercise of official duties and adds church security participation as a defense to criminal charges and as justifiable homicide under state law.

Amends concealed carry permit law to allow unlicensed carrying of loaded or unloaded pistols/revolvers in purses, holsters, or cases if person is not engaged in criminal activity, not prohibited by law, and not in restricted locations (carves out exception for church security teams from church restrictions).

Prohibits enforcement of any federal executive order, agency order, rule, or regulation issued after July 1, 2016, that violates the U.S. Constitution or Mississippi Constitution.