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Wiscond judges over stepping.

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DA fights to carry gun in Winnebago County courthouse (Wisconsin)
Milwaukee J-S ^ | 18 june 2012 | bruce vielmetti

Posted on Monday, June 18, 2012 6:03:23 AM by rellimpank

As an elected district attorney, Christian Gossett is one of the few people Wisconsin's concealed carry law specifically allows to wear a weapon in a courthouse.

But the judges in Winnebago County, where Gossett works, have said even he can't take a gun to work without written permission of whatever judge or court commissioner is presiding where Gossett might appear.

So Gossett and his chief deputy Scott Ceman - both concealed carry permit holders - have asked the state Supreme Court to declare that the circuit judges have exceeded their authority and for a writ of prohibition to block them from enforcing their ban.

According to a petition expected to be filed Monday, the Winnebago judges issued orders in January based on their "inherent authority . . . to control their courtrooms" that prohibit anyone except on-duty, sworn law enforcement officers from carrying a gun in the courthouse without prior written permission. Violation could result in fines, jail and confiscation of the weapon, according to the orders.


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Herr Heckler Koch said:
http://www.jsonline.com/news/wiscon...bago-county-courthouse-ga5pgef-159365825.html
We passed ACT 35 to remove the judicial system's inherent authority over legally armed citizens and still the black-robed crows are resistant. We the people and our elected legislator representatives control the courtrooms. Wail until the black-robed crows meet a fully informed jury. Caaw caw haw hah.

Good people ought to be armed as they will, with wits and Guns and the Truth. Bless the Bitter Clingers.
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Bless the Bitter Clingers.
 
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Wonder why there's no mention of the MKE County CH policy, which (as one poster points out) is more restrictive?

ETA: Good to see John Monroe kicking them in the shins again! :D :dude: :exclaim:
 
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Let me cite some existing statutes, that apply to this situation:

https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/175/60/1

175.60(1)(j) "Weapon" means a handgun, an electric weapon, as defined in s. 941.295 (1c) (a), a knife other than a switchblade knife under s. 941.24, or a billy club.
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https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/175/60/16

175.60(16) Prohibited activity.
_(a) Except as provided in par. (b), neither a licensee nor an out-of-state licensee may knowingly carry a concealed weapon, a weapon that is not concealed, or a firearm that is not a weapon in any of the following places:
__ 1. Any portion of a building that is a police station, sheriff's office, state patrol station, or the office of a division of criminal investigation special agent of the department.
__ 2. Any portion of a building that is a prison, jail, house of correction, or secured correctional facility.
__ 3. The facility established under s. 46.055.
__ 4. The center established under s. 46.056.
__ 5. Any secured unit or secured portion of a mental health institute under s. 51.05, including a facility designated as the Maximum Security Facility at Mendota Mental Health Institute.
__ 6. Any portion of a building that is a county, state, or federal courthouse.
__ 7. Any portion of a building that is a municipal courtroom if court is in session.
__ 8. A place beyond a security checkpoint in an airport.
_ (b) The prohibitions under par. (a) do not apply to any of the following:
__ 1. A weapon in a vehicle driven or parked in a parking facility located in a building that is used as, or any portion of which is used as, a location under par. (a).
__ 2. A weapon in a courthouse or courtroom if a judge who is a licensee is carrying the weapon or if another licensee or out-of-state licensee, whom a judge has permitted in writing to carry a weapon, is carrying the weapon.
__ 3. A weapon in a courthouse or courtroom if a district attorney, or an assistant district attorney, who is a licensee is carrying the weapon.
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Statute Subdivision 175.60(16)(b)3 is the one that is most involved in this issue.
 
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2. A weapon in a courthouse or courtroom if a judge who is a licensee is carrying the weapon or if another licensee or out-of-state licensee, whom a judge has permitted in writing to carry a weapon, is carrying the weapon.
__ 3. A weapon in a courthouse or courtroom if a district attorney, or an assistant district attorney, who is a licensee is carrying the weapon.

I think the judges stopped reading at whom a judge has permitted in writing.
 
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