Starting Wednesday, security guards assigned to four Cuyahoga County courthouses won’t be permitted to carry firearms in those buildings, according to a Tuesday sheriff’s memo … That’s because of a legal opinion recently issued by the county prosecutor’s office on a state statute against carrying firearms in courthouses. Though sheriff’s deputies are exempted under that statute, the county’s lawyers determined that protective service officers like security guards are not. [More]
Maybe we should start a pool for “How soon”…?
And, of course, if you think about it, and those with their reasons will, “it” doesn’t even have to happen inside the courthouse. There’s a gantlet all non-“Only Ones” run as soon as they leave their cars.
[Via Steve T]
