Mississippi Supreme Court says judges cannot ban concealed guns

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5. this is pretty stupid.

judges can ban guns from their court*rooms*, but not from the court*house*.

so if a courthouse has three courtrooms in it, then they need to have three sets of metal detectors and staff, instead of just one.

so basically the decision says that the right of enhanced concealed-carry license holders to carry a gun specifically in the courthouse but outside of a courtroom outweighs the state's additional practical expenses as well as the security of the courthouse personnel, including court*room* personnel who no doubt need step outside the courtroom from time to time.


more fundamentally, the decision says that the court can do nothing to protect itself or any of the participants in the legal process beyond the reach of the interior walls of the courtroom. they can't protect witnesses or the jury pool (until they enter the courtroom), for instance, and to hell with staff.

courts should respond by declaring the lobby to be a courtroom so everyone has to pass through it and a single security point.