Newly elected Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CA) tweeted a short video on Jan. 3 to promote her pro-gun ideas.
On Sunday (Jan. 3), Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CA) posted a short video on social media promoting her pro-gun philosophy. In the video, she walks toward Congress with a pistol at her waist, vowing to bring a gun into the Capitol on Jan. 6 to demonstrate her commitment to upholding the rights of American citizens under the Second Amendment to the Constitution.
Bobert, a newly elected U.S. Representative from Colorado. In a video posted on her Twitter account Sunday, she faces the camera and slips a loaded Glock pistol into a gun pouch on her waist before confidently walking down the street. As she walks, she tells the reason she insists on carrying a gun with her. She said, “Although I work in the most liberal city in America, I refuse to give up my rights to do so,” and “I will walk into Washington and Congress with my weapons.
Bobert meanwhile tweeted, “Let me tell you why I’m bringing Glock to Congress. The administration is not telling me and my constituents how we can keep our families safe. I promise to always stand firm on our 2nd Amendment rights.”
Let me tell you why I WILL carry my Glock to Congress.
The Government does NOT get to tell me or my constituents how we are allowed to keep our families safe.
I promise to always stand strong for our 2nd Amendment rights. https://t.co/E75tYpdN4B pic.twitter.com/qg7QGenrNo
- Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) January 4, 2021
A prominent pro-gun advocate, Boebert recently sent a letter to the federal House of Representatives urging them to keep in place a law that has exempted members of Congress from carrying guns into the Capitol since 1967.
According to the U.S. Capitol Police regulations, among other legal provisions, U.S. law has allowed members of Congress to carry guns with them inside the Capitol since 1967 to protect their Second Amendment rights.
In a statement, Bobert emphasized, “I am a 5-foot-tall, 100-pound mother of four children. I need to walk to work and serve in one of the most dangerous cities in America, and I choose to use that right to defend my life and the lives of my family. I will not let a group of House Democrats who want to take away guns take away the constitutional right I have to protect myself.”
Twenty-one Democratic lawmakers sent a letter to House Speaker Pelosi and House Minority Leader McCarthy asking that the statute be changed to prohibit Bobert from bringing a gun to work in Congress. They argued that allowing her to carry a gun would pose an “unnecessary risk” to other lawmakers and staff, as well as to visiting guests.
But there is also a joint petition by 82 Republican members of Congress in support of Bobert, who pointed out that if lawmakers can’t bring guns to the Capitol, they can’t protect themselves when they go to their offices, and that the “last mile” of self-protection is crucial.
The petition also points out that changing the current rules could also create new problems, leaving lawmakers unable to defend themselves in the event of physical attacks and real risks. And once members of Congress enter public places and streets, they are not protected by the Capitol Police and must be able to defend themselves.
The new rules announced by the House of Representatives on January 2 do not include a ban on the above-mentioned provisions of the law, so Republicans believe that Bobert has every right to bring a gun to work in Congress.
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