“I can do whatever I want with my guns”: Republican waves pistols during US hearing on gun control

On Thursday, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives objected to a Democratic attempt to advance new limits on gun purchases as one Republican legislator, Rep. Greg Steube, pulled out his handguns during a virtual appearance at a hearing to complain that they could be banned.

Steube, who attended the committee meeting virtually from his Florida home, contended the legislation would ban various handguns. He held up four pistols one by one for the committee to see.

"Here's a gun I carry every single day to protect myself, my family, my wife, my home," the second-term congressman said. Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler interjected, "I hope to God that is not loaded." Steube retorted: "I'm at my house. I can do whatever I want with my guns."

The House Judiciary Committee met in an emergency session in the midst of a week-long Memorial Day recess as funerals were underway in Uvalde, Texas, for some of the 19 children and two teachers gunned down by an 18-year-old with an AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle last week. There were other mass shootings the week before and on Wednesday.

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