NY Congressman seeks to ban carrying a weapon near members of Congress

Pete King: We Need to Stop the Fear
Rep. Pete King thinks cops need the power to stop people carrying guns within 1,000 feet of federal officials because Americans are becoming afraid of listening to lawmakers in public. The powerful Long Island Republican who chairs the Homeland Security Committee thinks the Arizona shootings that killed six and left Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) with a bullet hole in her head have deeply chilled regular Americans. "I’ve gotten people saying, 'Hey, you’re a good guy -- do...

Orange Julius Doesn't Disappoint
As expected, House Speaker Boehner won't even allow any Gun Control Legislation up for a vote, including Republican Peter King's bill. 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...

Closing the Gap
When Jared Loughner walked into the Sportsman’s Warehouse in Tucson, Arizona, to purchase a Glock 19 on November 30, 2010, he had every right to walk out the legal owner of the semi-automatic Handgun. In hindsight, after he used that weapon to kill six innocent people and wound more than a dozen during an attempted Assassination of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, it is easy to question that sale. Given current U.S. Gun Laws, however, there was no reason to prohibit the transacti...

Pete King Wants Geithner to Target WikiLeaks
Rep. Pete King, the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, is asking Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to go after Wikileaks. In a letter to the secretary today, the Long Island Republican says Geithner can help Crack Down on the site that has revealed thousands of embarrassing U.S. documents and secrets by adding it and its founder, Jullian Assange, to the Specially Designated National and Blocked Persons List....

Pete King Wants Geithner to Target WikiLeaks
Rep. Pete King, the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, is asking Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to go after Wikileaks. In a letter to the secretary today, the Long Island Republican says Geithner can help Crack Down on the site that has revealed thousands of embarrassing U.S. documents and secrets by adding it and its founder, Jullian Assange, to the Specially Designated National and Blocked Persons List....

McCarthy Pushes For Smaller Gun Clips After Tucson
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-L.I.) drafted Legislation today in response to the Arizona shootings to renew the ban on gun clips that carry more than 10 rounds. "As someone who’s experienced senseless gun violence firsthand, I’m praying for my colleague Rep. Gabrielle Giffords" (D-Ariz.) and other Victims of the Shopping Mall shootings last Saturday, McCarthy said in a statement. Jared L. Loughner, the 22-year-old suspect in the shootings, allegedly had an “extender&rdquo...;

After Tucson shooting, several congressmen vow to carry guns more often
When he's traveling to meet constituents, bumping along the back roads of central Utah in his Ford F-150 truck, it's not unusual for Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R) to have a Handgun strapped to his hip. A longtime gun owner, Chaffetz said that in light of the attempt last weekend on the life of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), he thinks it might be a good idea to bring his Glock 23 even more often when he heads out into the country. "It's just that you never know when you might find yourself...

The shooting of Gabrielle Giffords leaves members of Congress at a loss in more ways than one.
Barney Frank had left the floor of the House for a moment. Dozens of his fellow members were in the chamber saluting the work of their colleague Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and the lives of six people who were killed when a gunman opened fire at one of her public meetings. I stopped Frank to ask him what he thought of the bill, soon to be introduced by Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, D-N.Y., to ban the high-capacity magazines that the alleged shooter had used. "The Republicans are in power and have generally...

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 ...

Arizona Shootings Unlikely to Change Gun Culture
Now is the time for mourning the Victims of Saturday’s mass shooting in Tucson, Arizona, but it’s not the time for new gun-control laws aimed at preventing such tragedies in the future. That’s the political consensus in the wake of the attack on Representative Gabrielle Giffords at a “Congress on Your Corner” event at a Safeway Supermarket. A deranged gunman killed six of Giffords’ constituents, including a Federal Judge and a 9-year-old girl, with a Glock 19 ...

Congresswomen describe seeing Giffords open eye
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' friends say it's nothing short of a miracle: Days after being shot in the head point-blank, the injured congresswoman opened an eye Wednesday for the first time. Two of her closest friends from Congress, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., were in Giffords' Tucson, Ariz., Hospital room at the time. Both had traveled to Arizona on Air Force One with President Barack Obama to attend a memorial service for the Victims of Saturday's sh...

Obama calls for an end to 'sharply polarised' US
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at the memorial event, 'Together We Thrive: Tucson and America', at the McKale Memorial Center in Tucson, Arizona, on 12 January 2011. Photograph: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images Barack Obama has appealed for an end to the "sharply polarised" debate that has consumed American politics in recent years and provided the backdrop to the aftermath of the bloody Assassination attempt against a congresswoman in Tucson. Speaking at a memorial event i...

Read: Obamas Remarks at Tucson Memorial
Courtesy of Politico: To the families of those we’ve lost; to all who called them friends; to the Students of this university, the public servants gathered tonight, and the people of Tucson and Arizona: I have come here tonight as an American who, like all Americans, kneels to pray with you today, and will stand by you tomorrow. There is nothing I can say that will fill the sudden hole torn in your hearts. But know this: the hopes of a nation are here tonight. We mourn with you for the f...

A.M. Roundup: Cuomos path forward
Good morning! It’s a snowy one, with about a foot expected in several parts of the Hudson Valley. Albany is also getting blasted. So please: drive safely, if you have to drive at all. Here are today’s headlines… Gov. Andrew Cuomo is preparing for this Snow Storm, and will brief reporters today on the state’s response. (TU) Cuomo will invite lawmakers over the mansion to sway them to his cause, and is also getting support from outside business interests. (DN/NYP) Then Cu...

NYT editorial makes sense
From 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.” Bravo, Mister Speaker. The country needs to stop panicking every time something bad happen...

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...

Creating Enmity With Words
No, this is not about the shootings in Tucson — at least, not in any direct sense. This is about Rep. Peter King (R-NY) accusing Muslim-Americans (all Muslim-Americans) of being uncooperative with anti-terrorism efforts, of being disloyal Americans and, in fact, of not being real Americans at all when it comes to defending the United States: Rep. Peter King (R-NY), the new chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, has promised to launch a series of investigations of Muslim Americans be...

GOPer Doesn't Want Guns Near Him
Bwahahahahahhha: The chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security Peter King, R-New York, announced today that he will introduce a bill that would ban knowingly carrying a firearm within 1,000 feet of certain high-profile government officials. ...

NYC clears streets, mayors reputation after storm
NEW YORK (AP) — The best New Yorkers could come up with Wednesday, after a storm dumped a foot or so of snow overnight, was that the scraping of snowplows kept them up all night. Less than three weeks after the first Snowfall of the season — more than 2 feet in places — paralyzed New York for days, streets were clear and Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s reputation was on the mend as the city deftly responded to the latest winter blitz. “Last time, we could barely get down ...

Wake Up Call
Good morning! How's your snow? The storm left schools open, but lots of flights grounded, reports our Erin Einhorn. NYT: "Service on some subway lines, like the B train, was suspended earlier than usual Tuesday night, and Long Island Railroad officials said they had canceled some trains Wednesday morning and would replace them with buses. Metro North scaled back to a Sunday schedule." The NYP's Michael Goodwin on Mayor Bloomberg's demand for a private life, even during sno...

Members of Congress urged to report threats, coordinate security
Washington (CNN) - Top Law Enforcement officials on Capitol Hill told House members Wednesday they are reviewing security measures but are not recommending any major changes to how they protect members in Washington or in their districts around the country. During closed door briefings, the House's top security official, Sergeant at Arms Bill Livingood, repeated directives he made on a Bipartisan Conference Call Sunday night after Saturday's shooting of Arizona Democrat Rep. Gabby Giffords...

Babies often tortured by fundamentalist polygamists: witness
Daphne Bramham, Postmedia News · Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011 Vancouver — Water Torture of babies is one way some members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day instil fear of authority, a former member testified Wednesday. “It’s quite common,” Carolyn Blackmore Jessop told the constitutional reference case to determine whether Canada’s Polygamy law is valid. “They spank the baby and when it cries, they hold the baby face up under the tap ...

Michelle Malkin: The worst sheriff in America
There are many heroes who showed indomitable courage and grace under fire during this weekend's horrific Tucson massacre. Blowhard Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik was not one of them. If the White House has any sense, President Obama will stay far away from the demagogic Dupnik and his media entourage when he visits Arizona on Wednesday to memorialize the Victims. Indeed, if the White House is truly committed to unifying the country, it will explicitly disavow Dupnik's vulture-like exploitat...

Foes of debit-card fee limits haven't given up the fight
Banks and credit-card Lobbyists lost big last year when Congress approved new restrictions on billions of dollars in debit-card fees charged to Retailers. Now with more GOP allies in Congress, they hope to try again. Under proposed rules issued by the Federal Reserve last month, the so-called interchange fee, or "swipe fee," on debit cards issued by major banks would be capped at 12 cents, which is about 70 percent lower than the average fee on such transactions last year. The Fed ...

NY Times: More Gun Control! John Boehner: No
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 to Representative James Clyburn, a Democrat of South Carolina, said ...