Boehner: No New Gun Control

GOP Leaders: We oppose Rep. King's new gun control idea
The Republicans may just have to agree to disagree. House Speaker John Boehner and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) are against a new gun-control proposal put forth by a fellow GOPer in response to the Tucson shootings. Rep. Peter King (R-L.I.), chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, said Tuesday that he'd introduce a new bill that bars anyone from carrying a gun within 1,000 feet of a federal official. He believes the Legislation could have prevented the Jan. 8 Arizona shooting...

Speaker Boehner Rejects New Gun-Control Laws
Speaker Boehner said he will oppose the gun-control Legislation offered by Rep. Pater King (R-NY) following the Tucson shooting on Saturday. Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is rejecting gun-control Legislation offered by the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee in response to the weekend shootings of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and 19 others in Arizona. Rep. Pete King (R-N.Y.) announced plans Tuesday to introduce Legislation prohibiting people from carrying guns within 1,000 feet of ...

Boehner opposes gun-free zone measure
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- House Speaker John Boehner opposes a Gun Control bill proposed by a fellow Republicans in response to the Tucson shootings, his spokesman says. Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., chairman of the Homeland Security Committee said Tuesday he would introduce Legislation forbidding anyone to carry Firearms within 1,000 feet of members of Congress. King said the Legislation is meant to protect the public as well as officials. "The fact is they do represent the people who elect them...

Boehner sets 1000-foot perimeter around House to gun legislation
Don’t count the new leader of the House among supporters for Peter King’s new gun-restriction Legislation.  The Hill reports that John Boehner will oppose the bill, which creates a 1000-foot bubble around federal officeholders and judges in which Gun Possession would become a crime.  However, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor is still reserving judgment (via Instapundit): Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is rejecting gun-control legislation offered by the chairman of the Homeland Se...

NY Times: More Gun Control! John Boehner: “No”
Why, yes, the NY Times editorial board is still beating the anti-gun drum, in an attempt to make sure a good tragedy does not go to waste. After discussing Rep Peter King's silly notion of not allowing guns within 1,000 feet of politicians, something which criminals and wacko's would surely ignore, because they are criminals and wacko's, we are treated toRepresentative James Clyburn, a Democrat of South Carolina, said that lawmakers should no longer be treated like everyone else at airport secur...

Speaker Boehner: Read My Lips - No New Gun Laws
Rep. Peter King's attempt to create a 1,000 foot radius gun free zone around government officials will not get the support of the new Speaker: Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is rejecting gun-control Legislation offered by the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee in response to the weekend shootings of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and 19 others in Arizona. Rep. Pete King (R-N.Y.) announced plans Tuesday to introduce Legislation prohibiting people from carrying guns within 1,000 feet ...

Boehner rejects new gun regulation
Image by Getty Images via @daylife The Hill: Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is rejecting gun-control Legislation offered by the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee in response to the weekend shootings of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and 19 others in Arizona. Rep. Pete King (R-N.Y.) announced plans Tuesday to introduce Legislation prohibiting people from carrying guns within 1,000 feet of members of Congress. ...How are you going to enforce a moving 1,000 feet exclusion zone again...

Boehner Stymies Gun Reform
Wed Jan. 12, 2011 7:39 AM PST Gun Control advocates, stand down. That's the message being sent by newly engaveled House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), who, The Hill reports, plans to reject the gun-control Legislation offered by Rep. Pete King (R-NY) in the wake of the Tucson massacre. King's bill would prevent people from carrying guns within 1,000 feet of members of Congress. A long-time proponent for stricter Gun Laws, King says his bill is meant to protect government officials and the publi...

Through the congressional looking glass
THROUGH THE CONGRESSIONAL LOOKING GLASS.... I can appreciate why members of Congress have taken a renewed interest in their personal safety this week, but some of the proposals seem off-track. House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Peter King (R-N.Y.), for example, has talked up a bill that would make it a crime to bring a gun within 1,000 feet of a government official. This idea probably won't go far. Others are getting even more creative. An aide to Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.) tells CBS New...

Rep. Peter King would surround himself with 72-acre Constitution-free zone
As Los Angeles Gun Rights Examiner John Longenecker has already discussed, Congressman Peter King (R-NY) has come up with a . . . novel approach to protecting, well . . . . himself, from the kind of sick, deranged lunatic who shot Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and so many others in Tucson Saturday.  According to Politico, he wants to forbid Firearms carried by Private Citizens within 1,000 feet of himself and other "important figures" (who would include Congressmen Russ Carnahan and Will...

Congress to honor Giffords, others
Published: Jan. 12, 2011 at 12:40 PM House Speaker John Boehner decried the rampage in Tucson, Ariz., in which six people died and 14 people were injured, including Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. UPI/Kevin Dietsch Ariz. lawmakers seek ban on Funeral Protests WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- House Speaker John Boehner decried the rampage in Tucson, Ariz., in which six people died and 14 people were injured, including Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. "These are difficult hours for our country," Boeh...

NY Congressman seeks to ban carrying a weapon near members of Congress
In the wake of last week’s tragic shooting in Tuscon last week Rep. Peter King (R - New York) says he plans to introduce Legislation to make carrying a weapon near a federal official a serious crime. King, the new chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee says that the Legislation would make it a federal crime to knowingly carry a Handgun within 1,000 feet of a federal official.  The Long Island Congressman told Examiner.com that he wants to see passage of the bill exped...

Emotional House pays tribute to Arizona victims (AP)
WASHINGTON – Grief-stricken members of the House of Representatives on Wednesday stood and delivered tributes one by one to gravely-wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and other Victims of last weekend's shooting rampage in Arizona. Newly-installed House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, set the tone, fighting back tears and speaking in a halting voice as he led off the series of remembrances, calling Saturday's shooting episode in Tucson "an unspreakable act of violence." "Our hearts are broken...

An Emotional Congress Honors Victims of Tucson Shooting
In its first meeting since Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 19 others were wounded or killed in an attack on Saturday in Tucson, Ariz., Congress paid homage to the Arizona Democrat and the legacy of the lives lost over the weekend. Speaker of the House John Boehner, overcome with emotion, paused several times during a Speech Wednesday as he pledged renewed "commitment to fulfill our oaths of office." "Let us not let this inhuman act frighten us into doing otherwise," Boehner cautioned. "The free exc...

Say no to Rep. Kings proposed gun law
Well the usual over-reaction is under way after the Tucson shooting of Rep. Giffords.  I’ve mentioned the silly nonsense about a bill to ban “crosshairs” in Political Speech (which begs the question, what part of “Congress shall make no law” concerning Political Speech as laid out in the First Amendment).  But Rep. Pete King, a NY Republican, has decided that a “Gun Control” measure is what is necessary.  His solution? Rep. Peter King, a Republican fr

Lawmakers try to balance safety with public access
Congress' chief Law Enforcement officers are briefing lawmakers on security issues as politicians struggle to balance safety concerns with an open Democracy. House Republicans said that Sergeant-at-Arms Bill Livingood offered practical security advice Wednesday, such as coordinating with local authorities when they hold public events in their districts. Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot and severely wounded at a public forum in Arizona on Saturday. The gunman killed six people in the r...

Republican reacts to AZ tragedy by introducing new gun control legislation
In order to take advantage of a high-profile current event, Peter King, New York's 3rd Congressional District representative, is planning to introduce new gun-control Legislation.  In his own words,  "....as chairman of the Homeland Security Committee and co-chair of the Congressional Task Force on Illegal Guns, I will be introducing legislation that would make it illegal to knowingly carry a gun within a 1,000 feet of certain high-profile government officials.” This legislation,...

Gun Sales Surge In Arizona After Shooting
Saturday’s horrific shooting in Tucson has predictably prompted criticism of the lax Gun Laws that allowed a guy with documented mental problems to buy a semiautomatic weapon. So, naturally the state’s gun lovers are frantically arming themselves to the teeth, in case stricter Gun Control (like not letting the mentally ill own assault weapons) is imposed. Bloomberg reporter Michael Riley talked to an Arizona gun store owner who reported that gun sales surged after Saturday’s sh...

Peter King Unlikely to Get His Gun-Free Bubbles
Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images Republican congressman Peter King's proposed Legislation creating 1,000-foot no-gun zones around congressmen and other high-ranking federal officials doesn't seem to be going anywhere. Speaker John Boehner is flatly against it, and gun-control advocates don't expect any gun-control Legislation to be able to get through this Congress, much less one that, despite King's good intentions, would seemingly be impossible to implement. [Hill] ...

Why there's no more debate on gun control
FORTUNE -- The tragic shooting on Saturday of Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D) and 19 others has renewed a national conversation about whether our Gun Laws need tightening. But the chatter for the most part has so far ignored a curious fact: in Congress, the arena where any new restrictions would be decided, the debate effectively ended years ago. Even over the last two years, when Democrats controlled both the White House and Congress, Gun Rights advocates led by the National Rifle Associati...

Gun Laws Around The World (PHOTOS): How Weapon Ownership Restrictions Vary
Democractic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords remains in critical condition after Saturday's grisly shootings in Arizona, which left six people dead. Though friends, family and supporters remain hopeful for Giffords' recovery, the attack has reportedly launched yet another debate on national Gun Control among U.S. lawmakers. Whether or not stricter laws could've somehow curbed alleged gunman Jared Lee Loughner's access to Firearms may unfortunately never be known. But just how does Legislation...

Restricting freedom after Tucson shooting will galvanize gun owners
Proposals by lawmakers following the shooting of a Congresswoman in Tucson reveal a broad legislative  intent to clamp down on personal liberties and ratchet up on state controls. Foremost in these efforts are self-styled “Progressives,” who, in true Orwellian style, have advocated stepping up the freedom regression on several fronts. As we noted in this column on Monday, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy and her ilk are planning to introduce new citizen disarmament edicts, and Rep. Robert ...

Video: Boehner, Pelosi Praise Giffords
John Boehner teared up on the House floor today as he praised Gabrielle Giffords, alongside his Democratic counterpart Nancy Pelosi, just five days after she was shot outside a Safeway in Tucson. The House came back into full session today for the first time since the attack, voting on a resolution to honor the congresswoman and the other Victims. From Boehner's remarks: "Our heart is broken, but our spirit is not. This is a time for the House to lock arms in prayer for the fallen and the wound...

Idiocy Repeated
Rep. Peter King (R-NY) is set to propose Legislation that will make it illegal for any mere mortal to carry a firearm within 1,000 feet of our betters Congressman and other high ranking officials. King says “It would give Law Enforcement the weapon they need to protect federal officials, and just as importantly, it would provide a large measure of security for those who want to meet with their federal elected officials”. Of course, it’s just a shame others hadn’t thought ...

Mayor Bloomberg, Rep. King Take On Gun Laws
Mayor Bloomberg, with former NYPD officer Steven McDonald who was shot and is now paralyzed on the left and Rep. King on the right With the country still reeling from the apparent Assassination attempt of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, which left six dead and many others injured, outside a Tucson, AZ Supermarket, New York politicians have been speaking out about Gun Laws. Rep. Peter King (R-LI) announced that he would introduce a gun safety bill that would prohibit people from carrying a gun within...