Opinion: A divided Congress should agree on making our courthouses safe

March 1, 2012 at 7:38 am in Lake County News-Chronicle

In December, a defendant who had just been convicted of a crime retrieved a gun from his car and walked into the Cook County Courthouse in Grand Marais. He shot and wounded the prosecuting attorney and a witness; a bailiff was injured during the encounter. The courthouse did not have a metal detector, and the gunman was not screened. Continue Reading