The Hill - Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is rejecting gun-control legislation offered by the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee in response to the weekend shootings of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and 19 others in Arizona.
Rep. Pete King (R-N.Y.) announced plans Tuesday to introduce legislation prohibiting people from carrying guns within 1,000 feet of members of Congress.
King, who has previously called for the removal of illegal guns from the streets, made the announcement alongside New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, one of the nation’s loudest voices for stricter gun laws.
King said the legislation is not intended only for the safety of government officials but also to protect the public. He said elected officials are not necessarily more important than constituents, but by protecting them in this way, they would feel safer in meeting federal officials at public events.
“The fact is they do represent the people who elect them, and it’s essential, if we’re going to continue to have contact, that the public who are at these meetings are ensured of their own safety,” King said.
King’s legislation got the cold shoulder from Boehner and other Republicans after it was announced.
Boehner spokesman Michael Steel said the Speaker would not support King’s legislation. - Entire column > >
Blog author's comments - Criminals who have the intent of harming someone are not going to be stopped by another gun law. If there were more guns at the Safeway store the morning of the shooting, maybe the body count would not have been so devastating.
Rep. Pete King (R-N.Y.) announced plans Tuesday to introduce legislation prohibiting people from carrying guns within 1,000 feet of members of Congress. Does King really believe his law would stop a deranged person who is out to complete his mission of violence?
Where has Obama been while the left-wing hate speech and accusatory rhetoric has been thrown at the conservatives that the left seeks to discredit with their blatant lies? Obama is enjoying this and I believe he hopes it will continue.
Most of us are more afraid of our government then guns! The person in the White House and all his faithful followers, in particular the Main Stream Media and many members of the Democrat Party, are the ones who are doing the harm to the country.
“We must reject the idea that every time a law’s broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.” - Ronald Reagan.
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