Posted on 06/25/2018 2:48:39 PM PDT by COBOL2Java
Facing a new wave of potentially dangerous threats, called for by a top Democratic lawmaker, legal and gun experts are calling on top Trump aides to get their concealed carry permit and back it up with a pistol.
"There are simply not enough police in D.C. or Virginia or Maryland to protect all Trump officials at their homes and when they go out to restaurants. Getting a concealed handgun permit would be helpful to protect themselves and their family,” said John R. Lott Jr., president of the influential Crime Prevention Research Center.
“High level officials in the Trump administration, especially if their faces are likely to be recognized by many in the public as a result of appearances on TV, might want to consider applying for a license to carry a concealed weapon in the District of Columbia, and/or other states they frequent, in view of the call by Rep. Maxine Waters for the public to ‘absolutely harass’ these officials in public places, and other recent events indicating the increased danger they are in,” added public interest law professor John Banzhaf.
And Emily Miller, who wrote a book about the difficult process getting a gun permit in “Emily Gets Her Gun,” tweeted, “Trump admin officials can get DC gun carry permits to defend themselves from the crazies who obey Maxine Walters.”
Recent legal decisions have lowered the hurdle for Washington residents to get a concealed carry permit but it can take a long time to get one, unlike in neighboring Virginia.
As a result, Banzhaf suggested Trump aides move now.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
What an ignorant-ass comment!
You do know that every ant-gun nut sees you the same way?
It doesn't matter that they do not know you.....they do not trust you with the power of a firearm.
Your comment is as elitist as their comments about the dangers of "assault weapons".
Who do you think you are to judge who can be trusted with a firearm and who cannot? What high perch do you stand upon that makes you better than everyone else?
To me, you are no different than Maxine Waters.
Your stupid comment feeds them.
Re-read what is at the bottom of every comment box here about loose lips....
Be sure to include Flake and McStain.
Liberty Watch sent a letter to the congressional ethics committee today requesting they investigate her actions calling for violence against Trump folks.
Have fun carrying your unregistered gun into the District of Columbia.
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For those not aware-—
DC and MD do NOT recognize Virginia CC permits.
Even LEOs are subject to arrest for carrying in DC while off duty.
Remember one of PDTs FIRST priorities was National Reciprocity....
Didn’t think he would get the backing then BUT almost positive he won’t now - with this bunch of backstabbers, NOT concerned with us, just going after PDT...
A POX on ALL of them
There are a number of "FReepers" I wouldn't trust with a firearm. But guess what? We don't get to make that decision. See tagline.
I’m sure that’s gonna go far .............. not! Need a Republican House Member with the BALLS to call for her removal. Yeah, that’s not gonna go far either. What was I thinking?!
If this is because of Maxine Waters, then she needs a visit from the Secret Service...maybe even some jail time.
I am a long time Freeper and I am very capable with firearms. I was very capable until losing them all in a tragic boating accident.
There are in fact a lot of people whom I do not trust with firearms. I've walked off of unsupervised ranges several times because someone was handling them in a manner that I judged, just in my opinion, to be unsafe.
Choosing to arm yourself for self defense is a very serious thing. It takes training, discipline and a commitment to maintain marksmanship and correct mental attitude. Legal aspects not withstanding, there are some people who should not be armed. It's not people like me who feeds the anti-gun people. It's careless, inept people. I've known enough politicians to know that a LOT of them fall into that category.
Get a gun but don’t go out to eat. The food will be spit in and worse.
Be a Bush! Hide in your homes!*****************
When I was young I knew people who put flies, kitchen scraping, etc in hamburgers if the hamburger requester was a total jerk...or so they said.
In this day of civil unrest, hateful people, etc. I wouldn’t be surprised if very bad chemicals were added to food by those insane enough to think it would be adequate retaliation to a propTrump person.
Is it possible to have a signal at a restaurant whose servers weren’t low life scum that Conservatives were welcome as would anyone else who was well behaved?
To every Republican Lawmaker, you are either with POTUS Trump or you are with REP. (rehensible) Maxine Waters. You know, the person making Terrorist threats against POTUS Trump and his Cabinet.
Make you decision.
>>>Make you decision<<< = Make YOUR decision.
Apparently I type the way Maxine talks.
That’s nice. Has no bearing on my comment, though.
“There are a number of Republican lawmakers that I wouldn’t trust with a firearm.”
The would not require protection from Leftists.
If this ever got into a shooting war there,I’m pretty certain about who might accidentally get caught in the crossfire.
This doesn’t need talking about.
If I ever carry in DC, it will be a time when the officialdom is entirely too busy dealing with the complete breakdown of law and order to worry about lil ol me.
LOL! Well bless your heart. Good luck with that!
Well, as _Resident 0bama taught us, ‘They bring a KNIFE, we bring a GUN!’
Maybe he wasn’t 100% USELESS? *SNORT*
Yep, that’ll be me carrying a captured “Department of Agriculture SWAT Team” MP-5 escorting a group of former bureaucrats to the holding area just west of the Washington Monument.
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