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US District Court - Seattle Gun check in?

krazichinaman

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I have to go to the US district(Federal) court in Seattle tomorrow and was wondering if they had the check in boxes? I recall that it was required that courts (On the state level) had check in boxes for firearms but wanted to make sure that applied to the Federal Level as well.

The more I look, I see people talking about the local state level having boxes. Does the US District court not allow them since it is a Federal Building?

Regards,
Brian
 
TechnoWeenie

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US district=federal court

Federal court DOES NOT have to abide by state restrictions.

DO NOT bring your gun.
 
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TechnoWeenie wrote:
US district=federal court

Federal court DOES NOT have to abide by state restrictions.

DO NOT bring your gun.
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Not only don't they have to abide by state restrictions, the moment you enter with a gun you are in violation of federal law.

TechnoWeenie wrote:
DO NOT bring your gun.
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Thought that bears repeating.
 
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A quick phone call could also solve the problem. You never know, they may have just a place for firearms, and not the evidence locker during your arraignment...
 
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massivedesign wrote:
A quick phone call could also solve the problem.  You never know, they may have just a place for firearms, and not the evidence locker during your arraignment...
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Since it is illegal to enter the building with a firearm I would wager that they do not have any place to store them while visiting.
 
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Since it is illegal to enter the building with a firearm I would wager that they do not have any place to store them while visiting.
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Actually I think they do have storage for LE (and I don't think it's illegal for LE to enter the building armed if they're on official duty.)
 
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kparker wrote:
Since it is illegal to enter the building with a firearm I would wager that they do not have any place to store them while visiting.
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Actually I think they do have storage for LE (and I don't think it's illegal for LE to enter the building armed if they're on official duty.)
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Police officers on duty can carry in any federal building.
 
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Aaron1124 wrote:
kparker wrote:
Since it is illegal to enter the building with a firearm I would wager that they do not have any place to store them while visiting.
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Actually I think they do have storage for LE (and I don't think it's illegal for LE to enter the building armed if they're on official duty.)
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Police officers on duty can carry in any federal building.
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We are not talking about LEO in this thread.
 
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joeroket wrote:
Aaron1124 wrote:
kparker wrote:
Since it is illegal to enter the building with a firearm I would wager that they do not have any place to store them while visiting.
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Actually I think they do have storage for LE (and I don't think it's illegal for LE to enter the building armed if they're on official duty.)
Click to expand...
Police officers on duty can carry in any federal building.
Click to expand...
We are not talking about LEO in this thread.
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My statement was in response to Kparker.
 
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