PAULA BOLYARD • JUNE 21@12:02 PM
Ohio congressman wants concealed carry for D.C. lawmakers. From WKYC:
Shortly before James Hodgkinson opened fire this week at a Congressional baseball practice, he asked a question.
Renacci is running for governor of Ohio in a crowded field that includes former Senator and current Attorney General Mike DeWine, who nearly destroyed his political career when he joined the likes of Hillary Clinton, Chuck Schumer, and Dianne Feinstein in support of the so-called "assault weapons ban" in 2006. For the most part, DeWine has been a decent attorney general and supporter of the right to bear arms, but now he's working tirelessly to try and make it harder for me to get the Percocet that gets me through a tough migraine every now and then -- even going so far as to sue drug manufacturers ... because they make products that help relieve human suffering or something. Government nannies tend to end up at the bottom of my list of preferred candidates.
Ohio congressman wants concealed carry for D.C. lawmakers. From WKYC:
Shortly before James Hodgkinson opened fire this week at a Congressional baseball practice, he asked a question.
“As this gunman walked down the field, he said ‘are these Republicans or Democrats?’” Congressman Jim Renacci said Friday.
That question has since haunted Renacci, a Republican representative from Ohio’s 16th District.
“Ever since I’ve become a U.S. Congressman, I’ve always had that concern of, you know, ‘is somebody around me,’" he said. “You do get a little fearful when there’s a large group of members without a large group of protection.”
It is why he believes those members of Congress should now be able to bring their concealed weapons anywhere they go, including federal buildings at the Capitol.
“If you have a valid license to carry, you should be able to carry,” he said. “I’ve actually told my staff to start looking at ways that members of Congress can protect themselves.”
Renacci believes that Republicans and Democrats would support the proposal.
Had there been more guns on that baseball field, he believes fewer people would have been hurt and said the one thing that kept it from getting worse was the security detail that Congressman Scalise had with him. (Emphasis added)
That question has since haunted Renacci, a Republican representative from Ohio’s 16th District.
“Ever since I’ve become a U.S. Congressman, I’ve always had that concern of, you know, ‘is somebody around me,’" he said. “You do get a little fearful when there’s a large group of members without a large group of protection.”
It is why he believes those members of Congress should now be able to bring their concealed weapons anywhere they go, including federal buildings at the Capitol.
“If you have a valid license to carry, you should be able to carry,” he said. “I’ve actually told my staff to start looking at ways that members of Congress can protect themselves.”
Renacci believes that Republicans and Democrats would support the proposal.
Had there been more guns on that baseball field, he believes fewer people would have been hurt and said the one thing that kept it from getting worse was the security detail that Congressman Scalise had with him. (Emphasis added)
Renacci is running for governor of Ohio in a crowded field that includes former Senator and current Attorney General Mike DeWine, who nearly destroyed his political career when he joined the likes of Hillary Clinton, Chuck Schumer, and Dianne Feinstein in support of the so-called "assault weapons ban" in 2006. For the most part, DeWine has been a decent attorney general and supporter of the right to bear arms, but now he's working tirelessly to try and make it harder for me to get the Percocet that gets me through a tough migraine every now and then -- even going so far as to sue drug manufacturers ... because they make products that help relieve human suffering or something. Government nannies tend to end up at the bottom of my list of preferred candidates.