[Colonel]

[quote="Bean 2":83115]If there were no guns, no one would be dead right now. Without the gun the man could have been tackled by others.[/quote:83115]

I guess it depends on how you look at it. How many times in the past did the presence of armed Deputies prevent something from happening in the first place? This guy beat the first Deputy to the point she may die (looks good for her right now though) and he certainly didn't need a gun for that. What happens when another nut case comes in from the outside with a gun or some homemade device and nobody has a gun on the inside to defend themselves? You can say that they should have metal detectors etc. but that doesn't stop a nut ball. Just look at the guy that charged through metal detectors in Washington a few years ago, killing a couple of Capital security guards before being stopped. Sorry, but I think it would be irresponsible not to have armed security in the courthouse.