Gun ban fires up lawmakers on House committee, Dem demands show of hands on who's not packing
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Members of Congress on the House Natural Resources Committee got into a contentious debate on Wednesday over whether lawmakers should be allowed to carry firearms to committee meetings.
The Republican majority voted the amendment down 14-25, but not before several minutes of heated back-and-forth between committee members, including one moment where Huffman called for a show of hands to see who was not carrying a firearm right then and there. Chris Pandolfo is a writer for Fox News Digital. Send tips to chris.pandolfo@fox.com and follow him on Twitter @ChrisCPandolfo.
"We have too many members who have incited and advocated armed political violence. That is really unfortunate, but that is just a fact," the California Democrat said, accusing unnamed lawmakers of "flouting" federal statutes barring members of Congress from carrying loaded firearms in the Capitol.
"Some have reveled in the removal of the magnetometers at the House chamber that were there to prevent something truly awful from happening," he continued.