Lawmakers clash over allowing guns in Natural Resources committee

Gun ban fires up lawmakers on House committee, Dem demands show of hands on who's not packing

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.

A ‘most partisan’ committee drops its gun ban

Some members of the House Natural Resources Committee could be packing heat when they gather in the new session of Congress.

‘Homicidal maniac’: Sparks fly as GOP refuses to ban guns in House committee room

Republicans on the House Natural Resources Committee defeated an effort from Democrats to enact a ban on having guns in the committee room, Politico reports. “We can have our political disagreements, and they will be spirited. But no one should have to worry about members of the other side of the ai...

Lawmakers clash over allowing guns in Natural Resources committee

Lawmakers on the House Natural Resources Committee had a heated debate Wednesday about whether to allow guns into the committee room.  Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) proposed an amendment to bar guns in the room, saying, “We have too many members who have incited and advocated armed political violence.” “Some have reveled in the removal of…

Republicans quash Democratic ban on carrying guns in a congressional committee room

A House committee meeting turned heated when a Democrat offered an amendment that would prohibit lawmakers from carrying guns in the panel's hearing room.

Republicans quash Democratic ban on carrying guns in a congressional committee room

A House committee meeting turned heated when a Democrat offered an amendment that would prohibit lawmakers from carrying guns in the panel's hearing room.