I had a few questions:
1. Is there a federal law prohibiting carrying a firearm in a courthouse?
2. Are there any states that you can carry into a courthouse (I seem to remember that you can in some states)
3. Specifically, in Alabama, if there isn't any state law prohibiting it (there isn't, and no administrative codes that I know of that prohibit it), can you carry in a courthouse.
Every time I go to the courthouse they make you walk through a metal detector and wand you and stuff.
I really can't figure out where they get the authority to do so. I asked the guard about it and he said no weapons of any kind are allowed. There isn't a 'building manager' or anything that I was able to find and got the runaround from the imps behind the registration counters and such.
I know in some places without laws prohibiting carry that the judges can hold you in contempt of court for not obeying their 'rules'. However, when a 'courthouse' as a building also houses other functions do the judges have power over the entire building or just the parts that conduct legal proceedings? For example, the 'court' level at my local courthouse is completely separate from the county archives and DMV, etc. It would seem like a rather 'sneaky' way to prohibit weapons by packing as many offices as you can in a 'courthouse'.
1. Is there a federal law prohibiting carrying a firearm in a courthouse?
2. Are there any states that you can carry into a courthouse (I seem to remember that you can in some states)
3. Specifically, in Alabama, if there isn't any state law prohibiting it (there isn't, and no administrative codes that I know of that prohibit it), can you carry in a courthouse.
Every time I go to the courthouse they make you walk through a metal detector and wand you and stuff.
I really can't figure out where they get the authority to do so. I asked the guard about it and he said no weapons of any kind are allowed. There isn't a 'building manager' or anything that I was able to find and got the runaround from the imps behind the registration counters and such.
I know in some places without laws prohibiting carry that the judges can hold you in contempt of court for not obeying their 'rules'. However, when a 'courthouse' as a building also houses other functions do the judges have power over the entire building or just the parts that conduct legal proceedings? For example, the 'court' level at my local courthouse is completely separate from the county archives and DMV, etc. It would seem like a rather 'sneaky' way to prohibit weapons by packing as many offices as you can in a 'courthouse'.