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Sarge1208 wrote:It's sort of an unwritten rule that we always asked the judge's permission to have our off duty weapon on us. Usually the baliff will relay the request. Most judges will ask that you do carry it. Plus, this was just a civil suit.
I have had over 60 felony arrests and court trials and never had a court tell me not to carry my weapon.

That's why I said that the son carrying a weapon in the courtroom isn't the real issue here, since he is a LEO. The real issue is that he sounds like a jerk who doesn't take responsibility for what his dog does; and if that is the case, then he likely makes a poor LEO, since LEOs are supposed to uphold the law, including in their own behavior, not flaunt it.

I think the bigger issue here isn't the son's gun. If the law allows him the right to carry concealed into a courtroom, that's just what it says, and I don't care if he does or doesn't. The bigger issue here that he is A) a cop, and supposed to uphold the law and live an exemplary life (as we all are supposed to do); and B) that he won't take responsibility for his dogs attacking and injuring someone's daughter. That makes him a big jerk, and possibly even someone who ought not to be trusted with enforcing all the laws — since he so obviously doesn't believe they apply to him.