Opinion No. (1997)

DANIEL E. LUNGREN Attorney General ANTHONY S. Da VIGO Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE GIL GARCETTI, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, has requested an opinion on the following question: May the presiding judges of a superior court and municipal court prohibit the possession of firearms by deputy district attorneys going to and from their offices located in a criminal justice facility that includes courtrooms, if the deputies are licensed to carry such firearms and they would not be carrying the firearms on any floor of the facility containing a courtroom? CONCLUSION The presiding judges of a superior court and municipal court may not prohibit the possession of firearms by deputy district attorneys going to and from their offices located in a criminal justice facility that includes courtrooms, if the deputies are licensed to carry such firearms and they would not be carrying the firearms on any floor of the facility containing a courtroom. ANALYSIS The Legislature has generally prohibited any person from carrying "concealed upon his or her person any pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person." (Pen. Code, § 12025 , subd.…