Gun control is not about safety, it’s about control and nothing proves that more than the latest demand from the democrats that lawmakers (Republicans) be banned from carrying firearms in the Capitol building. Since one of the least likely things to ever happen is a Republican going on a shooting spree in the Capitol, this is all about control and not safety, just like every other democrat gun control policy.
Dozens of House democrats including anti-gun nuts Jackie Speier, David Cicilline, and Pramila Jayapal wrote a letter to House leaders Nancy Pelosi and Kevin McCarthy demanding action on something that clearly is not a problem:
We write to ask for the inclusion of language in the House Rules package for the 117th Congress banning members from carrying firearms on Capitol grounds.
Currently, Members of Congress are exempt from the firearms prohibition in 40 U.S.C. § 5104 under the Capitol Police Board’s regulations. These regulations, which date back to 1967, raise several serious concerns. For example, the regulations do not direct Members of Congress to secure firearms that are stored within their offices; as you know, Member offices are open to staff, visitors, and the general public, and a firearm that is not secured could easily end up in the wrong hands. Moreover, the regulations do not appear to be enforceable: there is currently no way for the Capitol Police to know which members are carrying or storing firearms.
If this rule that has allowed members of Congress to carry firearms in the Capitol have been in place since 1967, that means that there has been 53 incident-free years of concealed carry. Not one single person has been shot or killed by a member of Congress in the Capitol complex in 2 generations. Talk about a solution to a problem that simply does not exist.
Ultimately, the current regulations create needless risk for Members of Congress, their staff, members of the Capitol Police, and visitors to the Capitol grounds. A provision in the Rules package directing the Capitol Police Board to ensure that Member of Congress may not possess firearms on Capitol grounds would ensure clarity surrounding firearms policy and protect all individuals in and around the Capitol. We urge inclusion of this commonsense protection in the 117th Congress.
“Common sense” is “good sense and sound judgment in practical matters.” What the democrats are demanding is that a Constitutional right be stripped away to protect against something that has never happened and is unlikely to ever happen, which is the complete opposite of common sense.
The 2nd Amendment is painfully clear…
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
…so maybe the democrats are banking on some kind of a loophole to enact this ridiculous gun control. Many of the Amendments in the Bill of Rights have the words “Congress shall pass no law” but the 2nd Amendment lacks that particular language.
Perhaps using their twisted liberal logic, the democrats feel like this opens up gun rights to Congressional regulation. Maybe they even feel like if the 2nd Amendment protects the rights of the people, it doesn’t apply to the representatives of the people.
The way democrats have demonized Republicans and the fact that leftists are insanely violent means that GOP lawmakers need to be strapped for protection. This demand for a ban on carrying firearms in the Capitol won’t make anyone safer, but it sure jeopardizes the lives of Republicans.
