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To: neolib who wrote (211787)	12/19/2012 4:27:14 AM
From: Cogito	Respond to of 541119

Its the jurors who are requested to leave their firearms behind. The criminals are already in police custody in a courtroom. If owning and caring firearms is deemed useful for protection, then why shouldn't they be carried into a courtroom by jurors? Well, there's the rub. Your question contains a faulty assumption. Owning and carrying firearms is not deemed useful for protection, especially in a courtroom, where gun battles virtually never occur. There is no need or reason for a citizen to carry a firearm into a courtroom. And it's not just the jurors who aren't allowed to bring guns in. It's also audience members, attorneys, court reporters, etc.