Should Members of Congress Carry Guns?
U.S. Capitol Police lock down the Capitol building after shots were fired at the visitor's center in Washington on Monday, March 28, 2016. A shooter was taken into custody, according to Capitol officials, and the White House was briefly locked down.
Photographer: T.J. KirkpatrickThe congressional shootings Wednesday prompted some Republicans to call for lawmakers to be armed. Would that be a good idea—more guns, less crime? Not necessarily.
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana remained in critical condition after surgery to treat a gunshot wound to the hip. The attack in a Washington suburb by an apparently politically motivated shooter using a military-style, large-capacity rifle also left three others wounded. On the same day, on the other side of the nation, a man shot five co-workers—three of them fatally—at a United Parcel Service facility in San Francisco.