This needs to be a felony. Not leaving it in a bathroom seems like a pretty low bar. We give enough dumbasses guns. We shouldn't let a lawfully designated dumbass keep one.
"State Rep. Don Wilson, a Monument Republican, said in a written statement that the weapon is his.
“I want to be clear that I take full and complete accountability for the incident,” he said in a written statement Thursday. “I made a mistake and am very sorry. … I take firearm safety very seriously. This is a humbling experience and I will reaffirm my commitment to responsible handling procedures.”
Look, shit happens, to all of us. But carrying a weapon is next-level responsibility. If you're not able to be hyper-aware of your weapon's status and location, at all times, just don't carry. It's a pain in the ass. And it takes practice.
The problem entirely is that gun nuts have no doubt that they are hyper aware. Evidence to the contrary isn't enough for them to realize their hubris. What's a good word for a person that ignores data and runs with favorable conclusions???
Not the time to be soft on him. After all, he was there for:
Wilson was filling in on the Judiciary Committee on Tuesday as it debated a Republican effort to impeach Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold. The effort failed.
Guess why.
The article also mentions three other times similar incidents happened there.
Yeah, but being “very sorry” is not good enough. He needs to have at least a misdemeanor judgement against him (felony, I believe, precludes him from holding office) and any second offence should mean revocation of his permit.
This is why we need strict gun laws; to keep people like this guy from weakening the law.
On a federal level I don't believe you have to register a gun if it's given to you as a gift or sold by an individual, but it definitely varies by state.
I don't know why he was even carrying there in the first place. Capital buildings are quite secure, and I don't know what Rambo scenario he could be thinking of where he had to have it on his person while dropping some heat. Just leave it in your office safe, Wish Version John Wick.
That's a completely different scenario. Trump and his shitbag water carriers wanted it to succeed, so they held back the NG and any help for 3 hours. That's not happening here. Motherfuckers will be filled with so much lead, they could use their dick as a pencil.
OK, so he has proven that he is inept to keep a weapon as safe as it should be kept. It is the US' fault that such people are still allowed anything that shoots after such incidents.