I didn't say it's always been illegal here, but it currently is. I know this because a few years ago when it became legal to carry a gun, license and training and all, our old church wanted to know if they needed a no weapons sign, and were told it was illegal to carry a gun into a church anyway. They opted not to get the sign.If so, the earliest churches in KY, such as my own home church (constituted 1782) failed to get that memo, as these early frontier churches actually had armed sentries inside, with gun holes constructed in the first buildings, thru which to defend against Indian attacks, back then.
(Don't know anything about how many snakes were in the pulpit and/or pews,
as opposed to those found in the rafters, though.)
Ed