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To: Windflier

>Public property is another story, and a bit stickier.

No kidding; especially public *government* property.
One interesting thing I found (after asking “what authority/authorization does the [State’s District] Court have to say ‘No Unauthorized Weapons, violators will be prosecuted’” after seeing that posted on the courthouse when I reported for Jury Duty) is that there exists no actual law barring weapons from the courthouse. {What they do have is a “court rules” document which specifies it; however, the State Constitution says “No law shall abridge the right of the citizen to keep and bear arms for security and defense [...]” so any prosecution thereof would be just such an abridging law.}


99 posted on 03/05/2011 7:47:27 PM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: OneWingedShark
...there exists no actual law barring weapons from the courthouse. {What they do have is a “court rules” document which specifies it; however, the State Constitution says “No law shall abridge the right of the citizen to keep and bear arms for security and defense [...]” so any prosecution thereof would be just such an abridging law.}

Well, I did say that bearing arms on public property is "sticky".

As your example above shows, a citizen would be well within their constitutional rights to go armed inside the courthouse --- but, you'd better be prepared to go through all sorts of hell to defend that right, should you do so.

100 posted on 03/05/2011 9:00:02 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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