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Guns for Judges OK in Okla. Courthouses
Oklahoma judges could carry guns in courthouses under legislation approved today by the Oklahoma House. Tulsa state Representative Daniel Sullivan allows district judges and associate district judges to have firearms in a courthouse. It was approved 94-to-4 and sent to the Senate for a vote. The measure arose from an incident in Tulsa in which a judge became concerned that a defendant had overpowered a deputy sheriff, prompting the judge to arm himself in self-defense. Current state law doesn't technically allow judges to carry weapons in the courthouse.
Story Continues Below In March 2005, three people were killed, including a judge, after a defendant overpowered a deputy in a Georgia courtroom.
© 2006 Associated Press.
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