When Justice Clarence Thomas wrote the Bruen decision, he explicitly said that some places truly were sensitive enough to warrant preventing guns from being taken inside. Courthouses were one of the exceptions he named, and while I disagree about the usefulness of such bans, the ruling is the ruling.
Of course, there are exceptions as to who can be armed in these places, but the point is that they are what they are.
And in places like Minnesota, they’re really starting to love their gun control, which makes this a little less than thrilling.
Firearms and other weapons will be prohibited in “court-occupied areas and other facilities used for official court business” throughout Minnesota beginning Sept. 1, the Judicial Branch announced Tuesday.
The order, signed by Chief Justice Natalie E. Hudson, expands a weapons prohibition that has been in place since 2003 at the Minnesota Judicial Center and in the Supreme Court Courtroom at the State Capitol, according to a news release. The expanded policy applies to court-occupied areas in county government buildings and other facilities used for the official business of the Minnesota Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, and district courts statewide.
The prohibition applies to everyone entering court-occupied areas, including individuals with a permit to carry a firearm, the release said.
There are what are termed “limited exceptions” for local, state, and federal law enforcement officers carrying out their duties in these places, but I think what bothers me the most about this is that it’s not just the courtroom, but anywhere the court does official business at the state level. That doesn’t just mean the courtrooms themselves, where criminals will be present and might, say, disarm someone, commit murder, then go on the run. Because that never happens to the armed guards, just regular armed citizens.
It seems the chief justice of the state supreme court has the authority to do this, which is a shame, because it’s dumb.
There will be screenings in place, which means it’s more likely to be effective than a sign on the door would be. However, if someone is determined to hurt someone, there’s not a lot you can do to prevent that. I’d think the legions of examples from places like schools would have shown that pretty well, but apparently not.
So, if you have business with state court today or any day going forward for the foreseeable future, leave your gun in the car. Because then it can be stolen and you can get blamed for that, too.
Seriously, it’s like these people never think. It’s why appeals to authority are so stupid when it’s outside of someone’s wheelhouse. If chief justices of state supreme courts can be idiots about stuff like this, anyone can be stupid about anything. Nothing is safer than it was on August 31st. Nothing will deter the truly evil from doing truly evil things.
But I’m very glad I don’t live in Minnesota, because it’s pretty clear where this court lands on the issue of gun rights. For the implication impaired, it’s not good in any way, shape, or form.
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