Comments on: Armed Prosecutors

By: billyeager

billyeager — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 08:41:30 +0000

A commenter to that article, by the name of ‘Nostradamus’:

“I predict the first time an attorney uses a gun…it will be to shoot another attorney.”

By: Drivebyposter

Drivebyposter — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 19:53:01 +0000

Meanwhile, the public officials it affects can now act more like trained police officers, and I’m not sure about this, but I think they can now carry around their firarms where normally firearms are not allowed (in some but not all places) as though they are cops.

Reminds me of something…..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge_dredd

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:01:50 +0000

The bill actually does quite a few things. It allows a person to use deadly force in the same manner that one might do so normally if someone is breaking into your home, but you can now shoot people who come near your car or who are, I think, transiting your property (“get off my lawn” will no longer be needed …. you just shoot!)

Meanwhile, the public officials it affects can now act more like trained police officers, and I’m not sure about this, but I think they can now carry around their firarms where normally firearms are not allowed (in some but not all places) as though they are cops.

I assure you that the police are always available at the courthouse.

By: Norman Thorsen

Norman Thorsen — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 13:50:06 +0000

Do you mean that they shouldn’t be allowed to protect themselves anywhere? Or that the only threat is in the courtroom so they don’t need self protection?
Remember that the police aren’t always available as in this case – http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/30519948/detail.html.
And this one – http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/28807951/detail.html