"Fairfax County officials are planning to push the Virginia General Assembly to ban the carrying of guns into law enforcement buildings by anyone other than authorized personnel in a response to the shooting deaths of two officers outside a western Fairfax County police station in May.

State law bans weapons in courthouses. But the absence of any prohibition on weapons inside police stations or jails places officers at risk, county officials say. Gun rights groups oppose the measure, saying it would not have prevented the assault on the Sully station, which occurred outside the building." (Washington Post, November 26, 2006)