Beren
Moderator Emeritus
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04156/326819.stm
Excerpt:
A judge has ruled that a security ordinance allowing for metal detectors and X-ray machines to be placed in the courthouse doorway to conduct weapons searches, conflicts with state law that says "no county [may] regulate the lawful ownership, possession, transfer or transportation of firearms."
State law, which takes precedence over local ordinances, already regulates firearms in courthouses, saying that gun possession in a "court facility" is illegal. But those court facilities, argued William Strong, the plaintiffs' attorney, include courtrooms, the district attorney's office and judges' chambers, but not the whole building.
That means a person carrying a legally registered handgun should be allowed access to, say, the assessor's office, Strong said. And it also means that counties and towns can't pass firearms-related ordinances meant to supplement the existing state law. Jefferson County's law, in place since 2002, hasn't been enforced lately.
Excerpt:
A judge has ruled that a security ordinance allowing for metal detectors and X-ray machines to be placed in the courthouse doorway to conduct weapons searches, conflicts with state law that says "no county [may] regulate the lawful ownership, possession, transfer or transportation of firearms."
State law, which takes precedence over local ordinances, already regulates firearms in courthouses, saying that gun possession in a "court facility" is illegal. But those court facilities, argued William Strong, the plaintiffs' attorney, include courtrooms, the district attorney's office and judges' chambers, but not the whole building.
That means a person carrying a legally registered handgun should be allowed access to, say, the assessor's office, Strong said. And it also means that counties and towns can't pass firearms-related ordinances meant to supplement the existing state law. Jefferson County's law, in place since 2002, hasn't been enforced lately.