“You are openly disobeying the rules that we have established as a community, which means that you cannot be trusted to be held accountable to what we’ve decided as a community. It is irresponsible, it is reckless, but beyond that it is the violation of rules,” she said. “The moment you bring a gun onto the House floor in violation of rules, you put everyone around you in danger. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, of New York, told CNN’s Chris Cuomo on Thursday night that “I think a very considerable amount, a lot of members” of the House “still don’t yet feel safe around other members of Congress,” slamming Harris for the incident. Under no circumstances are lawmakers allowed to bring firearms onto the House floor.ĭemocratic Rep. Members of Congress are able to carry firearms in the halls of Congress and on Capitol grounds as long as they have Washington licenses and they carry ammunition separately, the source added. The Capitol Police officer who saw the gun informed his superiors and the department is investigating the matter, a Capitol Police source familiar with the matter told CNN.įirearms are banned from Congress except for members, who are granted certain exemptions under a 1967 regulation from the Capitol Police Board, a source confirmed to CNN. The incident was first reported by HuffPost. Harris’ office did not immediately return a request for comment.
The Capitol official confirmed to CNN that Harris did not enter the House floor with a weapon. Harris then left the area and returned moments later, walking onto the House floor without setting off the magnetometer. John Katko, of New York, to hold his weapon.Īccording to a press pool report, Katko refused to hold the gun for Harris, saying that he did not have a license. The officer sent Harris away, prompting him to ask fellow Republican Rep. Andy Harris, of Maryland, set off a metal detector outside the House floor on Thursday and an officer soon discovered it was because he was carrying a concealed gun on his side, a Capitol official told CNN. US Capitol Police are investigating an incident in which a Republican lawmaker was stopped from bringing a concealed gun onto the House floor on Thursday, sources told CNN, the first time a member of Congress has been discovered with a firearm by the metal detectors now set up outside the legislative chamber.
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