A group of liberal Democrats is pressing House leaders in both parties to bar lawmakers from carrying guns on Capitol Hill.
Although members of the public are prohibited from carrying weapons of any kind on the Capitol grounds, a decades-old regulation allows lawmakers to bear firearms in most areas of the Capitol complex.
At least twenty-one Democratic gun reformers are hoping to overturn that exemption.
In a letter sent Tuesday to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), the liberals argued that gun-toting lawmakers, rather than boosting security around Capitol Hill, actually compromise the safety of everyone there, particularly because the Capitol Police are in the dark about who is armed and who is not.
Behind Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), the Democrats are urging party leaders to adopt a rules change in the next Congress banning firearms for lawmakers and the public alike.
Read more at The Hill.
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Another few days the Democrats will become an extinct party. Had there not be all that Deep State CIA fraud for decades, the Democrats which consists of about 30% of population (or less), would never have won the presidency or even been a rep in Congress.