I was in court yesterday downtown Tampa with my son.
The officer screening me took five minutes looking at my promise keeper key (small key with a verse on it)on my key chain but missed my small pocketknife I had mistakenly left in my pocket and put in the basket to bypass the metal detector
I could understand a small 1" knife, but a gun?
He wrestled the gun from a court officer.
He didn't have the gun on him when coming into court. He grabbed it from a deputy's holster.
The escorting deputy's gun was unsecured at the time and this violent prisoner was not shackled because the court "didn't want to prejudice the jury." He simply took the deputy's weapon away from him and started shooting.
I've read about lots of these incidents over the years. Tragically, some people just never learn.