Michigan Gov. Whitmer wants to ban guns from Capitol after armed anti-lockdown protests

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Michigan Gov. Whitmer wants to ban guns from Capitol after armed anti-lockdown protests
In an interview with NBC News, the Democrat and possible Biden running mate said she feels "intense pressure" to reopen her state.
May 6, 2020, 6:14 PM EDT / Updated May 6, 2020, 6:20 PM EDT
By Allan Smith


Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wants to bar weapons from being brought into the state Capitol building after anti-lockdown protesters showed up with firearms, she told NBC News in a wide-ranging interview.

The Democratic governor's comments came after gun-toting militia protesters joined a larger group demanding Whitmer reopen swathes of the state's economy in a demonstration last week. The protesters spilled inside the capitol, where a number of the armed demonstrators confronted police officers and insisted on being allowed onto the statehouse floor as lawmakers debated an extension of her emergency powers.

Under current state law, it is legal to bring firearms inside the Capitol in the open-carry state.

"There are legislators who are wearing bulletproof vests to go to work," Whitmer told NBC News on Wednesday. "No one should be intimidated by someone who's bringing in an assault rifle into their workplace. And so there is conversation about changing that law. I think it's long overdue, and I absolutely support that change. You shouldn't be intimidated going to be the voice of the people who elected you."

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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/michigan-gov-whitmer-wants-ban-guns-capitol-after-armed-anti-n1200296

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Well, since there is NO SUCH thing as a right to own any gun outside of a well regulated

militia (Heller is a joke by a joke SC justice), I say yes, ban the fucking things.

[MiniMe]

2. Even Hannity said that was wrong

At least that's his story today, we'll see about tomorrow

[crickets]

3. She's right. Good for her. nt

[cutroot]

4. trump does not allow guns at his rallies