Las Vegas/Tucson: Wary lawmakers return to public events after Arizona shooting

[Cerridwen]

LAS VEGAS - When Rep. Shelley Berkley decided to hold a "Congress on Your Corner" event here Friday, her plan was to prove that fear hadn't changed the way Congress works. She wound up proving the opposite.

Berkley's event in a small office building off the Strip featured a folding table, two flags and 60 constituents.

And at least 10 police officers, watching from throughout the building.

"I hope this isn't the wave of the future," the Democrat said as she arrived and saw the officers. She hadn't asked for that level of protection: The Las Vegas police decided she needed it. "This should not be the way we have to do business in this country."

Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/01/15/20110115gabrielle-giffords-arizona-shooting-lawmakers-return.html#ixzz1B9shjqi1

The title is wrong. Shelley wasn't the 'wary' one. It was Metro who decided the level of protection she needed. :(