After Scalise Shooting, Two Congressmen Propose This To Strengthen Gun Rights

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Prayers go out for the victims of this tragic and senseless event. Hopefully, some eyes will be opened, however.

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After Scalise Shooting, Two Congressmen Propose This To Strengthen Gun Rights

06/16/2017
Source: AAN
by: Kevin Boyd


In the wake of the assassination of attempt on House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, two congressmen are suggesting expanding the recognition of concealed carry permits from outside of the District of Columbia. U.S. Reps Barry Loudermilk (R-Georgia) and Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) are proposing different ways to expand concealed carry rights in DC.

Loudermilk wants to expand the concealed carry rights of lawmakers. Under his proposal lawmakers who have concealed carry permits in their own states would have those permits be recognized in DC.

"There are several things to look at," Loudermilk told the Washington Examiner. "First of all, if this had happened in Georgia, he wouldn't have gotten too far. I had a staff member who was in his car, maybe 20 yards behind the shooter... who back in Georgia carries a nine millimeter in his car. I carry a weapon. He had a clear shot at him. But here, we're not allowed to carry any weapons here... Most of us are here in D.C., so how are you supposed to have it here?"

The only reason why the shooting rampage was able to be stopped was because House Majority Whip Scalise had an armed security detail. He was entitled to the armed security because of his leadership position. Most members of Congress do not have armed security.

Currently the District of Columbia does not recognize concealed carry permits from other states. The district also rarely grants concealed carry permits because they require a special reason to obtain one.

However, Rep. Thomas Massie wants to change that. He intends to file legislation that would require the district to recognize out of state concealed carry permits. His legislation would not just be limited to lawmakers either.

“As soon as we step into Washington, D.C. or anywhere in the public, we are unarmed and unaccompanied, for the most part,” said Mr. Massie according to the Washington Times. “But I don’t want to extend a special privilege just to congressmen. I recognize that everybody has the right to defend themselves, and that’s in the Constitution,” he said.

Both Loudermilk’s and Massie’s proposals are expected to be opposed by D.C. officials. Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton attacked the proposals as “going after the gun safety laws that protect D.C. residents.”

Currently, there is a proposal in Congress that would require all states to recognize out of state concealed carry permits. It is viewed as a stop priority for pro-gun advocates.

Read more at http://trumptrainnews.com/articles/after...d6h2RpZ1wFUR.99

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Fiery Republican Congressmen Demanding Concealed Carry Reciprocity

Dear Gun Owner:

I have some exciting news to give you from the nation's capital.
We have been on the phone with Capitol Hill offices this week.

And our lobbyists have been walking the halls of Congress, after the tragic shooting in Alexandria, Virginia.

By all accounts, Republican members of Congress are more fired up than ever to get concealed carry reciprocity legislation passed.

One office told me yesterday that his boss was furious that Congress has been dragging its collective feet on the gun issue.
Your activism is also helping tremendously.

The alert that I sent out on Wednesday to GOA grassroots members has resulted in a new wave of emails being sent to Congress.
Republican lawmakers are more emboldened than ever.

But not everyone is happy about this. The New York Times reported yesterday that:

The emboldened response on the right [in Congress] illustrated how much the center of gravity has shifted in the gun debate. As Republican lawmakers grow more uniformly conservative ... few prominent voices in the party are willing to support gun control measures.

The anti-gun Left is dispirited

You can't blame the New York Times for not trying.
The Times trolled the ranks of congressional Republicans, desperately seeking new converts for gun control in the wake of the shooting of House GOP Whip Steve Scalise (LA).

And what did they find? Just the opposite!

According to the Times:

Republican members ... demand that existing restrictions on gun access be loosened so that people facing similar attacks are able to defend themselves. (Emphasis added.)

Pro-gun Rep. Tom Garrett (R-VA) put it this way:
Had there not been a member of House leadership present, ... it would have become the biggest act of political terrorism in years, if not ever.

Garrett's solution? "Allow the most law-abiding among us to defend themselves."

And Rep. Chris Collins (R-NY) echoed Garrett's sentiments, stating: "I assure you: I have a carry permit. I will be carrying when I'm out and about."

Gun Control has failed miserably

The gun control crazies have tried SO hard to exploit the victims of Wednesday's tragic events for political gain.

But the fact is that the shooter -- I'm not going to give him the dignity of using his name -- got his gun in one of the three most anti-gun states in the country.

I have been doing lots of radio and TV media in the wake of the shooting -- in addition to other spokesmen here at Gun Owners of America.

And the constant theme we are making is that while gun control is a huge failure, good guys with guns will save lives.

GOA is also promoting several articles and memes on Social Media to get out the truth surrounding this week's events. Here are just a sampling:

* Background checks didn't prevent the Alexandria Shooter from buying firearms.

* The media hastily assumed the Alexandria Shooter used an AR-15, they were wrong.

Reciprocity legislation on the ascendancy

The Alexandria shooter almost assuredly traveled illegally to Virginia, as he would have crossed state lines (armed) with the intent to commit murder.

And, egged on by the liberal media, he tried to do what many on the Left had all-but-demanded: "Eliminate the Republicans."
There were roughly twenty congressmen on that field in Alexandria.

They were effectively disarmed because they were about to go into the District of Columbia, where guns are banned.
Had Rep. Scalise and his security detail not been present, they would have all been sitting ducks.

Rep. Garrett has introduced legislation to repeal the D.C. gun ban which disarmed the 20 congressmen in Alexandria (H.R. 1537).
And Rep. Tom Massie (R-KY) has introduced a bill to force the District to recognize concealed carry permits from other states (H.R. 2909).

But the most important vehicle for forcing D.C. to recognize permits (and constitutional carry rights) from other states is H.R. 38, which now has 199 cosponsors.

So please urge your congressman to demand that the House leadership bring H.R. 38 for an immediate vote.

The prewritten letter that we have prepared for you will also urge your representative (D) to cosponsor Massie's H.R. 2909, as this bill would allow any permitted concealed carrier in the country to carry a firearm in Washington, D.C.

So now you would be able to travel safely next time you bring the family to our nation's capital!

Thanks
In Liberty,
Erich Pratt
Executive Director


Regards,
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Hopefully a few people will wake up to how the rest of us feel when traveling. I hate to pull my trailer through Illinois and stop at a rest stops at night. I help pay for those highways I should be able carry at least on roads I help build! They are the perfect stalking sites. The Trump White House and Congress needs to make all States recognize Conceal Carry permits from other States period!
 
The news media usually makes the shooter out to be the victim. They talk about his bad childhood, being picked on in school, how society failed him, etc. And the shooters name, it is on every news cast, about every other sentence that is spoken. Then the friends and neighors all get to talk about him, and theres the interviews with his teachers who can hardly remember him.
The news gives the shooter every excuse possible for their actions. Oops, what I said is correct unless some honest person is shooting to protect his own life from some nut case. Then the shooter shouldn't have been able to get a gun. Poor nut case was probably only going to rob, rape or lightly injure the shooter. He should have been a good victim and let the police handle it, at a later date. Even worse, in too many cases the legal system does handle it by charging the honest shooter for shooting the dirt bag nut case. It is little wonder that that we have the problems we do in America.
 
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