Members of Congress and designated employees can bring unloaded guns into the Capitol. The lawmakers can even load the guns once inside their offices. But there is a hitch: They cannot bring guns through the District's streets on their way to the Capitol grounds.What else should anyone expect from a town built on bureaucracy? This ranks up there with some state fireworks laws, which allow vendors to sell them but prohibits citizens from setting them off. By the way, Congress seems to have an exemption other Federal workers don't enjoy. If Joe Federal worker (with a legal conceal/carry permit) drives to work with the gun in the glovebox and the gun is then found on Federal property, a crime has been committed.
It's not overly surprising that Congressfolk would exempt themselves in light of the shooting that took place in the Capitol some years back, but we all know about Postal workers, so hypocrisy seems to run quite rampant on this issue. Remember the Rosie O'Donnell thing? All providing ample reasons why the Second Amendment should not be toyed with.
In some good news, the Tennessee Senate just yesterday made it quite clear that the Governor's powers to confiscate firearms during emergencies are to remain limited.
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