GOP Congresswoman Renee Ellmers to Carry Concealed Weapon in Aftermath of Giffords' Shooting

[Still a Democrat]

Source: Cleveland Leader

You can now add Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC) to the growing list of members of the U.S. Congress that will be taking their security measures literally into their own hands. She announced that she'll be carrying a concealed weapon in her home district.

Ellmers has had a concealed-carry permit since February 2010. She told The Charlotte Observer:

"I have one. And I'll be carrying."

Rep. Sue Myrick (R-NC), a former hunter, also said that she is considering toting a gun:

"I've been thinking of it for some time and haven't gotten around to it. I'm a pretty good shot. Most women are."

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Read more: http://www.clevelandleader.com/node/15742

[elleng]

1. Very useful!

:sarcasm:

She'll pull it right out after she's been shot.

[JuniperLea]

7. Maybe she's a "Quick Draw" too?

Being a good shot means nothing, unless you walk around with a loaded gun in your hand or on your hip... then you are only marginally safer. You can be shot before you ever see the assailant.

[JuniperLea]

2. But why?

Words and images don't affect people negatively, right? What is she afraid of?

[Still a Democrat]

5. Superb point

If this was the random act of a madman that had nothing to do with politics, why is she more at risk now?

[JuniperLea]

12. And she's making a big deal about it too...

Seems very strange... and very hypocritical.

[rfranklin]

3. How many Republicans have been attacked?

Cue the crickets.....

[AlinPA]

11. Republicans don't need protection - the Democrats need protection from

the anti-government types.

[onehandle]

4. Welcome to Guns 'n Republican News Central.

What is becoming of DU on its tenth anniversary?

[abelenkpe]

6. Yeah...

Cause after one's shot in the head by a lunatic in a surprise attack that concealed weapon will come in real handy.

I'm relieved knowing yet another complete idiot is an elected official.

[CanonRay]

8. How come

Democrats get shot, but Rethugs are the ones to start carrying guns?

[beevul]

13. Difi was carrying well before this.

She had a CCW, and after taking heat, for having it whilst lobbying for prohibition of the same thing for us peons, let it go and got herself deputized as a US marshal so she could do it without one.

[GKirk]

9. Seems unwise and

unnecessary to announce the fact that she is packing.

[qb]

10. Now she's definitely a menace to society.

[cbdo2007]

14. Uh oh....hope she doesn't have anyone in particular in her sights.

She's much more likely to shoot someone, than she is to be the victim of a crime.

[CRK7376]

15. One more embarrassment

for my state. Fortunately for me she's not my Rep. Unfortuately I still am represented by that bat crazy lunitic Virginia Foxx....

[slackmaster]

16. Being a member of Congress, the district will issue her a permit without delay

Unlike what happens when an "ordinary citizen" of DC applies for one.

All animals are not created equal.