Indians For Guns

In Hindustan Times dated 18.07.06 there was an article that judges in new york have been given permission to carry guns while carrying out their duties.
"From an ethical standpoint,there is no prihibition barring you from carrying a firearm while performig your duties on the bench",the New York state advisiory commitee on judicial ethics said last week.
The ruling was prompted by a query from one of 3400 of New York state' judges.Mehul any more info on what was the reason behindthis query.




Ps : Will try to post a link if can find one.

http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst ... dge17.html

N.Y. panel says judges can pack heat

July 17, 2006


NEW YORK -- It's one way to assure order in the court.

The New York state Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics has ruled that it is permissible for judges to pack a pistol beneath their robes while on the bench.

''From an ethical standpoint, there is no prohibition . . . barring you from carrying a firearm while performing your duties on the bench,'' the committee said in a decision published in the New York Law Journal.

Judges would have to comply with existing laws to bring a gun into court.

The committee was asked by one of the state's 3,400 judges whether it was ''ethically permissible'' to carry a pistol into the courtroom. Although it ruled in favor of pistol-packing jurists, the committee warned that judges must ''be patient, dignified and courteous'' to those appearing before the bench and behave in ''a manner that promotes public confidence in the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary.''

AP