GOP's Gohmert plans to introduce bill to allow firearms on House floor

[philw]

just wait till this gets out in to the lame-stream media 

there will be blood on the floors everywhere

http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/137601-gops-gohmert-plans-to-introduce-bill-to-allow-firearms-on-house-floor

A spokesperson for Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) told The Hill on Wednesday afternoon that the congressman plans to introduce legislation that will allow members of Congress to carry weapons both in the District of Columbia and on the House floor.

“There is a rash of legislation further infringing on Second Amendment rights that has been unwisely proffered in the wake of events in Tucson,” Gohmert told The Hill in a statement regarding the proposed legislation. “If members of Congress wishes to carry a weapon in the federal District of Columbia, it should be permissible. Accordingly, we are in the process of drafting a bill that will allow members of Congress to do that.”

Gohmert said he does not plan to carry weapon himself, but that he believe members of Congress ought have the right to protect themselves from “sudden acts of violence like the heartless shooting in Tucson, Arizona.”

A spokesman for Gohmert told The Hill that the bill would only deal with the District of Columbia and would not affect any state laws.

[graywolf]

Isn't it interesting that a Congressman or Senator can get a firearm if they want to yet the average citizen in D.C. who is probably fighting off gang bangers and thieves nightly has to jump through innumerable hoops just to get a permit for handgun.  Congressional Exceptionalism strikes again. 

[Solus]

TAB ain't gonna like this at all.

[TAB]

I honestly don't give a rats ass, but...




...who wants to start a pool  when the 1st ND will be and by who?     


I've been in cess pools that had more appeal then DC.

[fightingquaker13]

It could improve the ratings on C-span. There has been gunplay in the House before the Civil War. I bet Boehner holds his sideways, gangsta style!
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[tombogan03884]

I don't recall any shooting, but I do remember that the Honorable "member" (isn't that another term for a penis ? ) from Mass So vehemently disagreed with the Honorable member from SC, that he beat him into a coma on the house floor while the rest watched.

Forget the names, Sumner/ Calhoun ?

Tie it to the laws of the members home state ? If Barney Frank can buy and carry a pistol in Ma. he can in DC ?

[fightingquaker13]

I don't recall any shooting, but I do remember that the Honorable "member" (isn't that another term for a penis ? ) from Mass So vehemently disagreed with the Honorable member from SC, that he beat him into a coma on the house floor while the rest watched.

Forget the names, Sumner/ Calhoun ?

It was the Senate and yeah it was Charles Sumner, who was old at the time, got caned. Rep Preston Brooks of SC did the caning. As far the duels, I'll get back to you. I know there were a couple.
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[tombogan03884]

Burr/ Hamilton, but that was in Bladensburg MD IIRC.  I'd pay to watch Biden and Geithner shoot it out 

[fightingquaker13]

Burr/ Hamilton, but that was in Bladensburg MD IIRC.  I'd pay to watch Biden and Geithner shoot it out 

Why think small? Pelosi v Mcconnell! Shotguns at ten paces, I'll buy the ammo.
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[fightingquaker13]

Here's the duel I was thinking of. 1838; Representative Graves of Kentucky shot and killed Representative Cilly of Maine. Congress then outlawed dueling among members, but only in DC. They were free to slaughter each other outside the District, a practice I would very much like to encourage. C-Span pay per view. Who'd a thunk it?
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PS There were several others involving Congress Critters, but thats the only one I found in the district itself. I thought there were a couple, but the others took place elsewhere.