Aaaaaaand,...they're trying to stop her.
https://www.gunsamerica.com/digest/california-reps-call-gun-carrying-congresspeople-unhinged-introduce-bill-to-ban-guns/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=20210101_FridayDigest_311&utm_campaign=/digest/california-reps-call-gun-carrying-congresspeople-unhinged-introduce-bill-to-ban-guns/
Two California representatives in the U.S. House introduced a bill on Monday that would ban congresspeople from carrying firearms on Capitol grounds.
Citing the possibility of an “unspeakable tragedy,” Rep. Jared Huffman called his colleagues who wish to carry firearms “unhinged” and said their guns “make all of us less safe.”
A 1967 law exempted members of Congress from adhering to the same rules that prevent members of the public from carrying firearms on capitol grounds. Several Republican members of Congress have been outspoken about their intention to carry firearms in Congress, but Rep. Huffman believes the exemption is “anachronistic.”
“When the rule was passed, the DC was having race riots and the Capitol was not a very secure place. Members, mostly white men, were afraid and wanted to have their own guns just in case,” he said in a Facebook post.
Huffman argues that the Capitol is today “one of the most fortified and secure places on earth” and members no longer need to worry about defending themselves while at work.
“Even the most paranoid member of Congress could not justify why they need guns at work. Yet some members insist on it. And the ones who are loudest about it always seem to be the most brazen and reckless — the ones most likely to cause an accident or something worse,” he said.
