Maybe there should be a new law about carrying a concealed weapon in the presence of an elected official. It's what the GOP would do with this information. Take the issue and turn it around on your opponents. And with the GOP mobs now bringing guns to meetings with members of Congress, is it perhaps time for Democrats to take off the gloves? From the Arizona Daily Star:
Southern Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has a new loyal following — but not the one she probably hoped for when she ran for office in 2006.
Conservative activists, opposed to the Democrats’ health care proposals, are jumping at the chance to confront the second-term Democrat and vent their frustrations.
But for now Giffords is not interested in engaging with people her staff says are using “manipulation” and “racism” to spread their message.
“Yelling and screaming is counterproductive,” she told the Sierra Vista Herald at a Congress on Your Corner event last week.
There, one visitor dropped a gun at the meet n’ greet held in a Douglas Safeway, her staff says.
That has aides, who called police to the event, concerned for her safety.
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