Posted on 12/16/2020 12:50:52 PM PST by MAGA2017
Rep.-elect Lauren Boebert, a Republican pro-Second Amendment proponent, said she will fight efforts from House Democrats to ban lawmakers from carrying guns at the Capitol in Washington.
“The Democrats are always up for stripping away our Constitutional rights and feel threatened when we simply want to exercise those rights,” Boebert, who is to represent a district in Colorado, told Fox News on Wednesday. “I carry a firearm to protect myself and want to exercise my right to do so in one of the most dangerous cities in America. They want to take that right away from me. I look forward to helping make sure they can’t.”
About 20 Democrats wrote a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to ask that lawmakers be prevented from carrying firearms at the Capitol.
Lawmakers are allowed to carry guns at the Capitol due to a 1967 exemption. Members of the public are banned from carrying guns there.
Democrats wrote that because of Boebert’s statements that she wants to carry a gun, “members may unwillingly be putting themselves and others in danger.”
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She’s the cat’s pajamas!
The lady is an Ace!
After the new congress meets, Trump should have the USMS federalize her. THEN she can carry in DC and ONLY then as a resident of another state.
This is why we shouldn’t abandon the GOP. The GOP needs an enema. Throw the bums out.
Good job, you followed the rules!
Note Space Force hat
I’m looking forward to ordering a Representative Lauren Boebert action figure.
A life-size inflatable one?
Carry it anyway - you’re a duly elected Congresswoman, sworn to uphold and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. Push the issue in their faces.
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