Peter King’s silly gun ban idea

Published January 11, 2011 5:00am ET



Yesterday I argued that Congress should respond to the shooting in Arizona by encouraging staff members to exercise their Second Amendment rights, going through a professional training program on self-defense and obtaining their concealed carry permits. But if you want to see the opposite suggestion, it comes from anti-gun New York Republican Congressman Peter King, who intends to introduce legislation which would ban people from carrying a gun within 1,000 feet of a member of Congress. Politico reports:

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