Sheriff's deputies at the Westmoreland
County courthouse no longer carry guns. The county's 11 judges decided
last week to disarm the deputies in the aftermath of an Atlanta
courthouse shooting that killed a judge, a court reporter and two law
enforcement officers. The deputies will now carry Tasers or other
electrical shock devices to defuse a potential courthouse problem, said
Sheriff Chris Sherer. The deputies also carry steel batons and pepper
spray, he said. "I'm a member of the NRA, and there's nobody in this
building that's more pro-gun than I am," said county Judge Alfred Bell.
"But we go to a great deal of effort to keep weapons out of these
buildings." [more]
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