Gun-toting congresswoman-elect may carry Glock at Capitol

[ItsjustMe]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gun-toting-congresswoman-elect-may-carry-glock-at-capitol/ar-BB1bhWBW

A firearms-toting congresswoman-elect who owns a gun-themed restaurant in Rifle, Colorado, has already asked Capitol Police about carrying her weapon on Capitol grounds, her office has acknowledged. If she does so, she apparently won't be alone.

The practice is allowed for lawmakers, with some limitations, under decades-old congressional regulations. The public is barred from carrying weapons in the Capitol, its grounds and office buildings.

Republican Lauren Boebert, 33, was elected this month from a conservative western Colorado district after gaining notice as a brash pro-gun activist who straps a Glock pistol to her hip. In an upset last June, she defeated five-term Rep. Scott Tipton for the GOP nomination, in part by claiming he wasn't an ardent enough backer of President Donald Trump.

Boebert asked Capitol Police officials about carrying her weapon when she and other House freshmen taking office in January were in town recently for orientation programs, according to two congressional officials. Both people - a Democrat and a Republican - spoke on condition of anonymity to describe her request.

Aides to Boebert, who Trump endorsed as 'a fighter' who will 'never bow down to the establishment in Congress,' did not make her available for an interview.

[in2herbs]

1. Maybe she can carry inside the Capital but what does the DC law say about carrying? nt

[in2herbs]

3. Capitol. (typing without my glasses.)

[Just_Vote_Dem]

2. I have no problem with this.

If she knows how to handle the weapon, fine. Too many women in the public eye are targets these days.

[pwb]

4. In probably the safest place in the world she needs her gun?

Being new she could open up on the whole place. She is part of the freak show.

[LuvNewcastle]

5. Like the article says, she won't be the only one.

I don't like her politics, but she has the right to do it. She probably knows how to handle a gun as well as anyone else in Washington.

[bottomofthehill]

6. Lots of questions as to weather she has the right.

If she lives in the district, she can not leave capitol grounds with her glock. If she lives in Va, she may be able to carry to and from work as she has the right to carry in both jurisdictions.

The house can pass a rule that states no guns on the floor as part of its rules package.

This gets fucked up and ugly fast.

[bottomofthehill]

9. That was the Michigan Capitol

Thankfully, DC Gun Laws prevent that kind of idiocy from happening in DC

[The Mouth]

10. Rules for thee but not for me