If Legislators Won’t Demand Their Own Gun Rights, Will They Defend Ours?

If U.S. Representatives won’t protect their own right to carry a firearm, do you think they’ll protect yours?

The importance of the right to preserve one’s own life was on full display Jan. 6 in Washington, D.C. During a protest by thousands of Americans who came from all over the country, several hundred rioters went into the Capitol building.

They broke windows, fought with police, and while one seems to have stolen the House lectern, another got high in the Capitol Rotunda. A Capitol police officer later died from undisclosed causes after the fracas, while an unarmed woman was killed by a Capitol security officer who shot her through a door.

Three other protestors were killed in the fray. Many members of Congress and their staff were stuck in the Capitol until early the next morning. Fortunately, none were injured or killed.