Official calls Capitol security ‘a joke’

The Tacoma New Tribune ^ | January 25th, 2005 12:01 AM | KENNETH P. VOGEL

[rockrr]

The new security measures at the reopened state Capitol are meant to make the building safer without being intrusive.

State Treasurer Mike Murphy says they’re not doing either.

Murphy has bristled at having to pass through the system of metal detectors and X-ray machines to get to his second-floor office. And he says the Capitol and his office are no safer.

“It’s a joke,” Murphy said in an interview last week. He pointed out that the security system allows people to carry concealed firearms into the building, but it requires most elected officials and their staffs to pass through screening.

Murphy, a Democrat, was re-elected last year to a third four-year term as treasurer, a job that gives him oversight of more than $6 billion in state assets. “So it’s rather ironic that somebody would view me as a threat, if I’ve been entrusted with that high volume of the state’s assets. It just doesn’t make any sense to me,” he said.

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[rockrr]

In a classic case of "Everybody should be considered equal, but some more equal than other, Mr. Murphy wants the same priviledges as the gov and the State Patrol - the ability to side-step security when it inconveniences himself.

[vox_freedom]

We can all watch as the DemocRAT controlled legislature, along with the non-elected Fraudoire, "fixes" the exemption for those with concealed weapon permits. It has already been characterized by our opponents as a "loophole" in security regulations. This will be a bad legislative session for those who appreciate 2nd Amendment "freedoms."

[theDentist]

Well, Mr. Murphy. Perhaps you should arm yourself as well?