Cybrus,
You most certainly do have a right to carry your firearm and to have it checked at the courthouse. In fact failure to provide checking facilities for firearms is actually a crime under title 18 Pennsylvania law. Please see the section of statute below from section 913 of title 18. If you continue to get a hard time from those in the Sheriff's Department please get their names and asked to be transferred to the Sheriff who is currently William Mullen. When you talk to the Sheriff tell him Kim Stolfer told you to call. Then report back to me whether or not you were satisfied with his handling of the situation.
Kim Stolfer
ACSL, Legislative Committee, Chairman
www.acslpa.org
FOAC, Chairman
www.foac-pac.org
PSA, Legislative Committee, Vice-Chairman
(412) 221-3346, Home Phone
(412) 257-1099, Home Fax
(412) 352-5018, Cell
(e) Facilities for checking firearms or other dangerous weapons.—Each county shall make available at or within the building containing a court facility by July 1, 2002, lockers or similar facilities at no charge or cost for the temporary checking of firearms by persons carrying firearms under section 6106(b) or 6109 or for the checking of other dangerous weapons that are not otherwise prohibited by law. Any individual checking a firearm, dangerous weapon or an item deemed to be a dangerous weapon at a court facility must be issued a receipt. Notice of the location of the facility shall be posted as required under subsection (d). (Chgd. by L.1999, Act 59, eff 2/15/00.)