3000+ posts is way too many to read for what I want to know. . .
I'm an attorney that regularly visits courthouses. Out here in California there are, whether state or federal court, usually 4+ guards manning the metal detectors at the front.
I've been to only one courthouse since 9-11 that didn't have massive security for the primary purpose of keeping the wrong kind of folks OUT (Santa Barbara, which had no real security).
Does the Fulton County courthouse not have this?
I sat on a jury at the Fulton Co. courthouse a year ago. As I recall, there were 3-4 deputies at the entrance, but the exit was less guarded. Just my recollection.
They do. He was on the inside, as was the weapon.