Judge wants to carry gun in courtroom

[Yon_Yonson]

Source: Milwaukee Wisconsin State Journal

No Quarter

Daniel Bice

Judge wants to carry gun in courtroom
Wisconsin's new concealed-carry law has him wondering about effects
July 27, 2011

When Tim Duket carries a handgun, it will definitely be concealed.

Under his judicial robes.

"As a Marinette County Circuit Court judge, it is my intention to carry a concealed weapon in the courthouse and courtroom," Duket wrote in a July 17 email to the state Judicial Conduct Advisory Committee. "I suspect that other circuit court judges in Wisconsin have the same intention."



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A gun totting judge! Why does the judge have to be armed in a courtroom considering there are armed police or bailiffs already present?

[wtmusic]

1. It's not about whether he "has" to be armed, it's whether he has the right.

We'll all be safe when everyone is packing.

[cstanleytech]

4. I personally dont object

to a judge having a gun in a courtroom provided they are qualified to handle the weapon safely, not sure if they need to be carrying it outside the courtroom though.

[Yon_Yonson]

9. The right to arm bears

[GillesDeleuze]

2. idiot judge surrounded by bailiffs thinks he need

penis attachment.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

13. Are you aware of the cases where judges have been attacked in their courts?

[Downwinder]

3. Can jurors be armed? How about attorneys?

[gratuitous]

5. Defendants should definitely be packing

Of anyone in the courtroom, they're the ones most likely at risk of life, liberty or property.

[Yon_Yonson]

8. If this is so everybody in the courtroom should be armed

In fact how’s about allowing Judge Prosser to carry ... oops he uses his hands.

[zogofzorkon]

6. If the judges are armed the expense of police and bailiffs is no longer

needed. Why should the taxpayers of Wisconsin pay for a job the judge can do for himself. It is time for Judge Dredd.

[glinda]

7. Won't packing heat affect people with fear? I would think so. I think guns should only be

on police in a Courtroom situation.

[jpak]

10. Wisconsin judges fear for their own safety in their own chambers with armed guards

Way to go GOP/NRA morans

yup

[freshwest]

11. Good question! Obviously he doesn't trust them to do their job. Probably a little projection by him.

[TygrBright]

12. Quis custodie custodiet? n/t

[RSillsbee]

14. I'm down NT