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After the recent Atlanta courthouse shooting, more judges in Georgia are packing heat:
The sheriff of one county says since then officers have given guns to eight Superior and State Court judges.
Police say some judges have also asked for some firearms training.
State law allows judges to carry guns in court. And one judge says while a few of his colleagues have always carried weapons, more are now bringing their own guns to work.
Based on this article, it appears that some judges are who are not properly trained (i.e., don’t even pass the required test to obtain a handgun carry permit) are packing guns. I don’t have an issue with this, per se, but they should be trained before being strapped. They can get some of that training by taking a CCW course, like CCW holders are required to do.
Update: Several readers have informed me that in Georgia there is no training requirement for CCW. Just prints and a fee.
May 13th, 2005 at 11:17 am
I don’t think Georgia has a training requirement. I’m sure it varies from county to county, but when I got my Georgia permit it was just a fingerprints and GBI investigation.
May 13th, 2005 at 8:38 pm
Georgia does not require any training to get a permit. I just got mine and all it took was money and fingerprints. The price varies from county to county but the requirements don’t. They are laid down in state law.
May 17th, 2005 at 2:46 am
Washington State issues permits without a training requirement, either, and guess what–it hasn’t turned out to be a problem, in actual practice.