After pro-Trump supporters
took siege of the US Capitol on January 6 and wreaked havoc, House Democrats
this week pushed a legislation barring lawmakers to carry firearms anywhere on
the Capitol Hill.

The proposal, brainchild
of Representatives Jared Huffman and Jackie Speier, both California democrats,
would rescind a decades-old rule that exempted lawmakers to carry guns in the
Capitol complex.

The law has been in place
since 1967, as members of both parties have taken advantage of it in hushed
notes. However, this issue has been raised from the dead once again in light of
some Republicans expressing a desire to carry concealed firearms onto the
chamber floor.

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When Capitol police
officers tried to stop Representative Andy Harris from bringing a gun into the
chamber, that marked the final nail in the coffin, urging Democratic gun
reformers to extend the firearm ban.

Representative Lauren
Boebert, a newcomer to Capitol Hill, vowed to carry a firearm in the DC and
Congress, as she refused to allow the Capitol Hill Police to search her
handbag.

Another lawmaker,
Representative Madison Cawthorn confessed to carrying a gun when the Capitol
was in a state of chaos on January 6. Other Republicans are also involved in
similar episodes, striking fear in Democrats.

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Addressing these concerns,
Speaker Nancy Pelosi has installed three magnetometers around the House floor
days after the Capitol Hill violence.  One
of her House allies stated that Pelosi’s only motive was to keep the guns at
bay from the chamber.  

“We will probably need a supplemental for more security for members when the
enemy is within the House of Representatives — a threat that the members
are concerned about — in addition to what is happening outside,”
Pelosi told reporters in the Capitol on Thursday.  

With Huffman establishing control over the Senate, Huffman was
hopeful that his proposal would find support in the upper chamber, though
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer’s stand on this matter is still under
debate.