I will speak from personal experience here. I am typically a non-emotional person. I was involved in a case where a young man had attacked several girls in church. The way the parents conducted themselves (very trusted members, dad was an elder), the way many of the members of the congregation rallied around the young man and his family while rejecting the girls, the distortion and the way so much of the evidence was squelched by the defense as well as the smug arrogance of the young man added up to a completely charged situation. Had I been armed, I may have succumbed. It frightens me to think I allowed that kind of anger to well up. I am a very rational and analytical person, but I will go with this one.Kalrog wrote:So we CHL holders automatically become unable to control ourselves emotionally when we are in a courtroom? Sorry, that argument doesn't work when you are talking about college campuses any better than it does in a court room.txinvestigator wrote:No, it is because courtrooms are often charged with emotion, and people's lives are often changed dramatically in courtrooms. After several high profile shootings by people subject to the orders of the courts (mostly civil courts) these laws were passed.barres wrote:For the same reason he/she should not be allowed to carry in a prison. Should he become incapacitated for any reason, his weapon would be available to all sorts of people who society would rather not have access to weapons. Courtrooms are frequently visited by felons or soon-to-be-felons.Photoman wrote:Why should a law abiding citizen with a CHL not be allowed to carry in a courtroom?
Maybe if you were CHARGED with something and in a court room, but then you probably couldn't carry because of what you were charged with.
Oh yeah, who has the longest run on sentence now? Hah!