gutshot II
Regular Member
The Perry County "Fiscal Court Building" (Old Courthouse) now houses nothing but county offices. This building used to be the site of the Perry County District Court and Circuit Court. The front door to that building has had this sign on it for the last 20 years:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HIZ7zEcuRYceuLq0plCGCTmY3wc3vQsm/view?usp=sharing
Perry County has no ordinance to authorize this sign and never has had one. This sign has been illegal since the day it was put up 20 years ago and nobody has bothered to challenge it. A resident of Perry County brought this to my attention, but he was too afraid to do anything about it himself. I talked to the Perry County Judge/Exec. about this and he told me to contact the Co. Attorney, John Shackelford. Mr. Shackelford was a very pleasant man. He knew right away why I had called. He admited that they had no ordinance and said they were not going to pass one. He said that the Judge had put them up when the courts were still in that building and they had just forgotten about taking them down when the courts moved. I didn't see anything to be gained by telling him that the Judge had no authority to put them up originally, so I just shut up. He said he was going to advise the Co. Judge/Exec to take them down. I asked when he thought that would happen and he said he didn't know, but just whenever the Judge could get somebody to do it. I asked if they would be down by March 15th and he said, "I am sure they could get them down by then and if they don't, I'll get a razor blade and scrape them off myself and take a picture of the door and send it to you." I never did get a picture of the door, but the person that originally brought this to me tells me the "No Concealed Weapons" signs are gone. The one about searches is still there. The residents of Perry Co. will have to fight that battle for themselves. gutshot II doesn't do 4th Amendment work.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HIZ7zEcuRYceuLq0plCGCTmY3wc3vQsm/view?usp=sharing
Perry County has no ordinance to authorize this sign and never has had one. This sign has been illegal since the day it was put up 20 years ago and nobody has bothered to challenge it. A resident of Perry County brought this to my attention, but he was too afraid to do anything about it himself. I talked to the Perry County Judge/Exec. about this and he told me to contact the Co. Attorney, John Shackelford. Mr. Shackelford was a very pleasant man. He knew right away why I had called. He admited that they had no ordinance and said they were not going to pass one. He said that the Judge had put them up when the courts were still in that building and they had just forgotten about taking them down when the courts moved. I didn't see anything to be gained by telling him that the Judge had no authority to put them up originally, so I just shut up. He said he was going to advise the Co. Judge/Exec to take them down. I asked when he thought that would happen and he said he didn't know, but just whenever the Judge could get somebody to do it. I asked if they would be down by March 15th and he said, "I am sure they could get them down by then and if they don't, I'll get a razor blade and scrape them off myself and take a picture of the door and send it to you." I never did get a picture of the door, but the person that originally brought this to me tells me the "No Concealed Weapons" signs are gone. The one about searches is still there. The residents of Perry Co. will have to fight that battle for themselves. gutshot II doesn't do 4th Amendment work.
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