Two lawmakers say they'll carry guns

Should More Congressmen Carry Guns For Self Defense?
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’s event in a Tucson strip-mall parking lot Saturday did not seem risky. In fact, this type of event is a basic way members of Congress connect with people in their districts. It’s part of the job. But will the recent shooting change that? U.S. News blogger Linda Killian argues that canceling such events would be a terrible idea. “It would be a serious mistake to limit the access constituents have to their government representatives,” she writes. ...

Hold bad political actors accountable (Politico)
Every Sunday morning starts the same way: I go to Starbucks, pick up The New York Times and dive in. Every Sunday morning, that is, except for the one that just passed. When I went to the Coffee Shop, I passed the newspaper rack without a glance. I simply couldn’t bear to look. The day before, my wife, Susan, had rushed into our apartment, shaking and with both fists clenched. Through tears, she told me about the shootings at Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’s meeting at a Parking Lot in Tu...

The Media Is Also Responsible for Heated Political Rhetoric
President Obama pledged to raise the level of dialogue in Washington and ease the bitter Partisanship that has crippled the work of Congress. He has been unable to do so, and it’s not entirely his fault, since the president cannot control the behavior of Congress any more than teachers can control what Students do after school. Speaker John Boehner now has a chance to lessen the vitriol on the Hill, and he’s made at least one gesture of decency so far: Delaying the meaningless vote...

Most Americans don't see link between Arizona shootings, political rhetoric, poll finds
A sizable majority of Americans said they did not believe that harsh political Rhetoric was the reason a gunman opened fire over the weekend in Tucson, killing six and wounding 14, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, according to a CBS News poll released Tuesday. The finding comes as Republicans and Democrats have sparred over whether recent heated political Rhetoric may have been a factor in the shootings. Giffords was among 20 lawmakers targeted in campaign literature by Sarah Palin, the conse...

2 Lawmakers to Carry Guns in Home Districts
People gather at the scene of a shooting involving Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., on Jan. 8, 2011 in Tucson, Ariz. In the wake of the horrific shooting of Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords on Saturday, some lawmakers have already decided that they need to do more to protect themselves. Two members of Congress - Reps. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) and Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) - told Politico that they plan to carry guns while in their home districts. Both men hold conceal and carry permits. They do not...

Giffords Shooting Leads Two Lawmakers to Carry Guns
BY James Gordon Meek DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU WASHINGTON - Two lawmakers said Sunday they'll pack heat back home after the deadly attack on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. The decision by Reps. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) and Rep. Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) raises new questions about whether lawmakers should carry guns for self defense - or need to. [Photo Gallery: Gabrielle Giffords Shooting in Arizona.] "After the Elections, I let my guard down," Shuler, an ex-NFL player, told Politico. "...

2 Reps. Say They'll Now Carry Guns In Their Home Districts
In the wake of the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) and 19 others in Arizona this weekend, Reps. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and Heath Shuler (D-NC) say that they will carry Firearms when in their home districts. "You never think something like this will happen, but then it does," Shuler told Politico "After the Elections, I let my guard down. Now I know I need to have [my gun] on me. We're going to need to do a much better job of with security at these events." According to Politico, each...

In wake of Arizona rampage, two lawmakers say they will carry firearms in home states
Source: myfoxorlando (NewsCore) - In the wake of Saturday’s deadly shooting rampage in Arizona that left a congresswoman critically injured, two lawmakers said they would begin carrying guns with them in their home states, Politico reported Sunday. Reps. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) and Heath Shuler (D-N.C.), both of whom hold conceal and carry permits, said they would carry their Firearms with them when they appear in public in their home districts. The lawmakers said they would not carry the guns w...

Rep. Jeff Flake: Congress "Will Take Threats More Seriously"
On Monday's Washington Unplugged Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), a colleague of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), spoke with CBS News political analyst John Dickerson and expressed shock and disbelief over Saturday's tragic shooting in Tucson that left 6 dead and Giffords in critical condition. Flake told Dickerson, "No one could fathom this kind of thing happening, Arizona or anywhere." Flake also noted the reaction among fellow members of Congress and acknowledged that in light of Saturday's eve...

In Wake of Giffords Shooting, Congress on High Alert but Intent to Carry On
Shaken by this weekend's shooting rampage in Arizona that critically injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, killed six people and wounded 13 others, Congress was on high alert Monday morning. Some representatives canceled events and others, including Reps. Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) and Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), said that they would carry Firearms for protection. Rep. Robert Brady (D-Pa.) told Politics Daily that he would introduce Legislation Wednesday making it a federal crime for a person to use language...

Gabrielle Giffords' shooting leads lawmakers to carry weapons
WASHINGTON - Two lawmakers said Sunday they'll pack heat back home after the deadly attack on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. The decision by Reps. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) and Rep. Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) raises new questions about whether lawmakers should carry guns for self defense - or need to. "After the Elections, I let my guard down," Shuler, an ex-NFL player, told Politico. "Now I know I need to have [my gun] on me." Shuler and Chaffetz won't be the first lawmakers to be strapped. The U.S. Marsh...

Congressmen Say They Will Carry Firearms in Their Home Districts
Several lawmakers are already changing their security arrangements in wake of the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), and at least two lawmakers say they’ll now be packing Firearms in public when they’re in their home districts. Both Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) and Rep. Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) told Politico they will be carrying their guns in their home districts for protection. Both lawmakers hold a conceal and carry permit, but will not carry their weapons in the Dis...

Two Lawmakers Say They'll Be Armed
Several lawmakers are already changing their security arrangements in wake of the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), and at least two lawmakers say they'll now be packing Firearms in public when they're in their home districts. Both Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and Rep. Heath Shuler (D-NC) told Politico they will be carrying their guns in their home districts for protection. Both lawmakers hold a conceal and carry permit, but will not carry their weapons in the District of Columbia. ...

Senate sergeant-at-arms: Lawmakers carrying guns not a good idea
It's not a good idea for lawmakers to carry guns for personal protection in the wake of Saturday's shooting in Arizona, the Senate's sergeant at arms said Tuesday. Terrance Gainer, the Senate's top Law Enforcement official and the former chief of the U.S. Capitol Police, urged lawmakers to leave their security to professionals following the shooting on Saturday of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.). "I don't think that's a good idea," Gainer said on "Good Morning America" on ABC. "I think we ...

Philadelphia-area congressmen reexamining security measures
Bob Brady remembers the bullet he got in the mail, with his name scribbled on the paper taped around it. Frank LoBiondo keeps two panic buttons in his district office. A man called Joe Sestak's office to say, "Now I'm going to use my Second Amendment right." Of course, the Philadelphia region's current and former members of Congress say, none of that dissuaded them or their staffs from coming to work each day. But threats such as those have become far too common in this age of wild a...

John Boehner's 9/11 Moment
This surely is not how Republican John Boehner expected to launch his new speakership, or open the new 112th Congress. He planned to follow the pomp of the first week with a big, partisan vote Wednesday to Repeal last year's landmark Healthcare Reform law. But then Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was gunned down on Saturday in a Parking Lot in her Tucson, Arizona, district, and everything changed. That Repeal vote was put on hold, as was the rest of the legislative business planned this week in the Ho...

Poll: Most Say Rhetoric, Killings Unrelated
From a deeply saddened CBS News: Poll: Most Americans Feel Rhetoric, Tucson Shooting Unrelated Posted by Daniel Carty January 11, 2011 Nearly six in 10 Americans say the country’s heated political rhetoric is not to blame for the Tucson shooting rampage that left six dead and critically wounded U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, according to a CBS News poll. So either our media master has better ratchet up their efforts or move on to their fall back position - Gun Control. In the wake ...

Majority doesn't blame rhetoric for Giffords shooting
WASHINGTON | Tue Jan 11, 2011 11:46am EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A majority of Americans reject the view that heated political Rhetoric was a factor in the weekend shootings in Arizona which killed six and critically wounded a congresswoman, a CBS News said on Tuesday. Since the Saturday incident in which Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords was shot at point-blank range, various politicians and commentators have said a climate in which strong language and ideological polarization is com...

Jackson wants to undo cuts to staff budgets for security measures
Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-Ill.) proposed undoing House Republicans' first cut to help fund lawmakers' security. Jackson, in a release, said his staff is working on a proposal to reverse the 5 percent cut in the office budgets for members of Congress, which the House approved last week. In addition to restoring the cut, Jackson said he would propose a 10 percent increase in office budgets for security, in the wake the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) Saturday at a meeting with c...

Maxim Mag Cover Shocker
Maxim, the bawdy men’s magazine, isn’t exactly known for the modesty of its cover subjects. But at least one observer says that the February issue featuring "Perfect Couples" star Olivia Munn wearing little more than a pair of verrrry transparent lace panties is going a bit too far. “It’s disgusting,” Dan Gainor, Vice President of Business & Culture at the Media Research Center, tells FOX411.“Maxim has moved their magazine from tawdry to full-on pornograph...

How Chris Matthews Handled Tucson Shooting vs. Ft. Hood Shooting
You must login to comment. The Fox Nation is for those opposed to intolerance, excessive government control of our lives, and attempts to monopolize opinion or suppress freedom of thought, expression, and worship. Read more... We invite all Americans who share these values to join us here at Fox Nation. Investigators today released this Mug Shot of Jared Lee Loughner, the guman accused of killing six individuals and gravely wounding Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Saturday's bloody spree outside a .....

Is Sheriff Dupnik Distracting Public From Looking at His Contacts With Killer?
“I’d like to make one additional point on Sheriff Dupnik. I think we’re missing the point when we’re talking about his political agenda. This man and this suspect has had previous contact with the sheriff’s office. It looks to me, we don’t have many details on this, but it looks as though he slipped between the cracks. I think what we really need to look into is what happened when he had previous contact with the sheriff’s office with their negligence he...

Charlie Sheens 'Revolving Door' Porn Star Party
Charlie Sheen has been partying hard with Porn Stars in Las Vegas, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively. The Two and a Half Men star had a "revolving door" of Porn Stars in his Las Vegas Hotel Room, a source close to the situation told RadarOnline.com. You must login to comment. The Fox Nation is for those opposed to intolerance, excessive government control of our lives, and attempts to monopolize opinion or suppress freedom of thought, expression, and worship. Read more... We invite all Ame...

Two Lawmakers Now Say Theyll Carry Guns
Jason Chavetz (R-Utah) and Heath Shuler (D-NC) tell Politico they’ll now carry guns in their home districts. Shuler (pictured), who received a serious Death Threat in 2009, says he is planning to carry his weapon more often and boost security at his district events. He’s even encouraging his Staffers to get their own conceal to carry permits. “You never think something like this will happen, but then it does,” Shuler said “After the Elections, I let my guard down. N...

Members of Congress to get security suggestions
A House Democratic leader says he thinks lawmakers will be taking precautions when meeting with the public in the wake of a congresswoman's shooting in Arizona. Connecticut Rep. John Larson, who heads the House Democratic Caucus, says lawmakers will continue to have open sessions with their constituents. Leaders from both parties held a Conference Call Sunday with the House sergeant at arms to discuss security in the aftermath of the attack that wounded Arizona Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords...