OLATHE, Kan.- Despite a new Kansas law allowing prosecutors to take guns into the courtroom, some counties won't be allowing their prosecutors to do so.
The Kansas City Star reports district attorneys in Johnson and Wyandotte counties say they will not allow their prosecutors to carry guns in court.
The law is designed to help protect prosecutors who often put themselves in danger on the job when serving warrants at all hours involving murders or drugs.
Counties denying prosecutors to carry guns in court say their courtroom security is enough.
This law does allow prosecutors to carry guns like a law enforcement officer instead of just as a private citizen. That gives them some immunity in lawsuits if they do shoot someone.
Counties across the state, including Wyandotte county, already allow law enforcement officers to carry guns in court.
County commissioners and district judges can also make the decision whether or not to allow prosecutors to carry guns in their courtrooms.
Prosecutors taking advantage of this law would have to receive the same extensive training law enforcement officers receive to carry a gun.
