Disarmed at the County Court House
Last week, I had reason to enter the Williamson County Court House. Being the name-changer that I am, I was more than happy to give moral support to my grandson as he received a name change from the State of Illinois. Knowing that I would be entering a “gun/dangerous weapon-free zone”, I left my clip knife and my razor/LED light combo at home. I made sure that my wife left her cutting tools and her pepper spray at home as well. I left my 9 mm handgun under the passenger seat of the car. Feeling completely harmless, I emptied my pockets into a metal tray at the courthouse door.
Picking up my pocket knife, the guard on duty said, “I’ll have to keep this until you leave.”
As you can see, I wasn’t well-armed to start with, but “better safe than sorry” is the rule at the Court House. I wasn’t outraged, or even angry. Just discouraged.
What have we come to in this country? Is there no liberty left for law-abiding citizens? How great a danger could I have been? The guard at the door was wearing an automatic pistol, as was a roaming County Sheriff’s Deputy.
We’re sunk. Those who are against us are more than those who are with us.
