The Daily Caller – A Republican U.S. representative introduced a bill Friday allowing congressional employees to own, carry and store firearms in the Capitol.

Rep. Greg Steube’s The Safe Storage Lockers for House Official Buildings Act requires the installment and operation of storage lockers for protective weapons brought into the building, according to a press release from Steube’s office.

The Florida congressman referred to a rise in violent crime as justification for introducing the bill.

Fox News – Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., on Friday introduced legislation that would allow congressional employees to carry legally possessed weapons in self-defense to and from Capitol Hill and safely store them while at work.

The Safe Storage Lockers for House Office Buildings Act would require Capitol Police to install and operate lockers at the entrances of House office buildings where workers could store their weapons.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Greg Steube (R-Fla.) today introduced legislation to permit employees of the U.S. House of Representatives, who are lawfully able to possess certain weapons in the District of Columbia, to carry those weapons as self-protection to and from House Office Buildings and safely store them while at work. 

Rather than address the root causes of mass shootings, Democrats “want to use” rampant crime “as a reason to take…

WASHINGTON—U.S. Representative Greg Steube (R-Fla.) on Wednesday defended our Second Amendment rights on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives during debate of unconstitutional gun restrictions legislation, H.R. 7910. The Congressman’s remarks can be found in full below. 

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A Republican congressman from Florida caused a stir during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday when he displayed several…

Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee passed Rep. Lucy McBath’s (D-GA) red flag legislation on Wednesday. The legislation, H.R. 2377,…

“Red flag laws do nothing to prevent crime, and implementing them unconstitutionally strips law-abiding citizens of their firearms. I will never support any legislation that enables the government to trample on our Second Amendment rights.”

“Cities across the country have seen historic crime spikes, and Democrats have spent the last two weeks attacking law enforcement, giving stimulus checks to felons, and now taking away Second Amendment rights from law-abiding gun owners. These proposals would not have prevented a single mass shooting we have seen – they are simply unconstitutional power grabs that only serve to infringe on our rights and make our communities less safe.”