State Bill May Allow Lawyers To Carry Guns In Courtroom
The amendment added to House Bill 690 on March 25 by Republican State Senator Johnnie Turner would extend not only to all licensed attorneys, but also the attorney general. The bill passed unanimously in the State House and by a 33-1 margin, with the lone “no” vote coming from Senate Minority Leader Morgan McGarvey. He called the bill “insane.” “On a very innocuous bill, House Bill 690, they put a senate floor amendment on it,” McGarvey told Newsweek....