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<blockquote data-quote="Billybob" data-source="post: 1720141" data-attributes="member: 1294"><p>Judges With GUNS</p><p>Proposed law gives jurists special rights to carry concealed weapons</p><p></p><p>An obscure measure in a new federal court "housekeeping" bill would allow federal judges to carry concealed weapons virtually anywhere, particularly while in court, but also while traveling -- regardless of concealed-carry laws in specific states.</p><p></p><p>an increasing number of federal judges say they are interested in helping provide for their own safety and have expressed their desire to become exempt from many federal and state firearms laws that affect ordinary citizens, according to a Jan. 14 report in the Law News Network</p><p></p><p>U.S. District Senior Judge Norman Roettger told the Internet-based legal news service that although "U.S. Marshals haven't lost anybody they had under their protection, ... even so you always have a perhaps disquieting feeling that in the long run you are the first line of your own defense."</p><p></p><p>And, because there are enough federal judges who want to carry concealed guns, the U.S. Judicial Conference -- an organization that speaks for the nation's federal bench -- is asking Congress to free them from having to comply with state and local gun laws and regulations. Instead, the judges would come up with their own firearm rules.</p><p></p><p>"But, courthouses are the judges' areas and they make the rules for themselves," said Marshal's Service spokesman William Licatovich.</p><p></p><p>Daniel Schultz, co-founder and former president of the Lawyer's Second Amendment Society, said he sees obvious discrepancies -- and a healthy dose of hypocrisy -- in the bill.</p><p></p><p>"On its face, it's just another bill designed to place federal officials above the 'little people,'" Schultz told WorldNetDaily. "How can a federal judge carrying a concealed weapon make a ruling in a gun case against some guy who didn't have a permit but was trying to protect himself -- just like the judge -- under the guise of the Second Amendment?"</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.sweetliberty.org/issues/guns/judges.htm" target="_blank">http://www.sweetliberty.org/issues/guns/judges.htm</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Billybob, post: 1720141, member: 1294"] Judges With GUNS Proposed law gives jurists special rights to carry concealed weapons An obscure measure in a new federal court "housekeeping" bill would allow federal judges to carry concealed weapons virtually anywhere, particularly while in court, but also while traveling -- regardless of concealed-carry laws in specific states. an increasing number of federal judges say they are interested in helping provide for their own safety and have expressed their desire to become exempt from many federal and state firearms laws that affect ordinary citizens, according to a Jan. 14 report in the Law News Network U.S. District Senior Judge Norman Roettger told the Internet-based legal news service that although "U.S. Marshals haven't lost anybody they had under their protection, ... even so you always have a perhaps disquieting feeling that in the long run you are the first line of your own defense." And, because there are enough federal judges who want to carry concealed guns, the U.S. Judicial Conference -- an organization that speaks for the nation's federal bench -- is asking Congress to free them from having to comply with state and local gun laws and regulations. Instead, the judges would come up with their own firearm rules. "But, courthouses are the judges' areas and they make the rules for themselves," said Marshal's Service spokesman William Licatovich. Daniel Schultz, co-founder and former president of the Lawyer's Second Amendment Society, said he sees obvious discrepancies -- and a healthy dose of hypocrisy -- in the bill. "On its face, it's just another bill designed to place federal officials above the 'little people,'" Schultz told WorldNetDaily. "How can a federal judge carrying a concealed weapon make a ruling in a gun case against some guy who didn't have a permit but was trying to protect himself -- just like the judge -- under the guise of the Second Amendment?" [url]http://www.sweetliberty.org/issues/guns/judges.htm[/url] [/QUOTE]
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