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Despite increased security at courthouses following shootings in Chicago and Atlanta about one year ago, many judges are bringing their own guns into their courtrooms for protection.
Earlier this month, a Florida judge was ordered to accept mentoring after warning a defense attorney that he was “locked and loaded.” In May, a judicial ethics committee of the New York State Unified Court System found that it was ethical for a judge to carry a pistol into his courtroom.
In Nevada, Oklahoma and Texas, incidences of violence in the past year have prompted new laws or solidified rules allowing judges to bring guns into courtrooms.
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In May, New York’s Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics issued an opinion that found it ethical for a judge to carry a pistol while on the bench.
Via reader Chris, who notes: Kind of funny that the NY Bar had to give careful consideration as to whether a judge can exercise his constitutional right in a courtroom, where rights should presumably be sacrosanct. Well, and I’m sure the Bar in NY isn’t a friend of the second amendment for non-judges.
