MOMENT: 'I can do whatever I want with my guns': Republican waves guns during U.S. gun-control hearing

Record ID: 1675271

  • Title: MOMENT: 'I can do whatever I want with my guns': Republican waves guns during U.S. gun-control hearing
  • Date: 2nd June 2022
  • Summary: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (JUNE 2, 2022) (HOUSE RECORDING STUDIO) WIDE OF HEARING CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE JERROLD NADLER CALLING ON U.S. REPRESENTATIVE GREG STEUBE (REPUBLICAN - FLORIDA) TO SPEAK SARASOTA, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES (JUNE 2, 2022) (HOUSE RECORDING STUDIO) (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE GREG STEUBE (REPUBLICAN - FLORIDA), SAYING: STEUBE: "Right here in front of me, I have a SIG SAUER P226, comes with a 21-round magazine. This gun would be banned. Here's a, here's a 12-round magazine. This magazine would be banned under this current bill. It doesn't fit because this gun was made for a 20-round, 21-round magazine. This gun would be banned under this bill. Here's a SIG SAUER 320. It takes a 20-round magazine. It's a 20-round magazine. Here's a 12-round magazine that would be banned. It doesn't fit because it would be banned. This gun would be banned under this bill. Here's a gun I carry every single day to protect myself, my family, my wife, my home. This is a XL SIG SAUER 365, comes with a 15-round magazine. Here's a seven-round magazine, which would be less than what would be lawful under this bill if this bill were to become law. It doesn't fit. So this gun would be banned." NADLER, ASKING OFF-CAMERA: "I hope the gun is not loaded." STEUBE "I'm at my house. I can do whatever I want with my guns. So that is exactly what the Democrats want to do." WHITE FLASH WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (JUNE 2, 2022) (HOUSE RECORDING STUDIO) (SOUNDBITE) (English) CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, JERROLD NADLER, SAYING: "Would the gentleman yield for a question? Would the gentleman yield for a question? Would the gentleman yield for a question? Yes or no?" SARASOTA, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES (JUNE 2, 2022) (HOUSE RECORDING STUDIO) (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE GREG STEUBE (REPUBLICAN - FLORIDA), SAYING (OVER WIDE OF HEARING: "No, I'm trying to get my point across in the 2 minutes that I have left."
  • Embargoed: 16th June 2022 23:38
  • Keywords: Gun violence Jerry Nadler Republican Representative Greg Steube USA congress gun control mass shootings
  • Location: WASHINGTON, D.C. & SARASOTA, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES
  • City: WASHINGTON, D.C. & SARASOTA, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Lawmaking,Government/Politics,United States
  • Reuters ID: LVA001243302062022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday (June 2) objected to a Democratic attempt to advance new limits on gun purchases as one Republican legislator pulled out his handguns at a hearing to complain that they could be banned.
    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.
    Republican Representative Greg Steube, who attended the committee meeting virtually from his Florida home, contended the legislation would ban various handguns. He held up four guns 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."
    Democrats who narrowly control the House intend to put their 41-page "Protecting Our Kids Act" to a vote by the full chamber next week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said.
    President Joe Biden's party holds enough votes to pass the bill in the House, but it faces slim chances in the 50-50 Senate, where 60 votes are required to advance most legislation. Republicans in Congress strongly advocate for gun rights.
    (Production: Njuwa Maina)
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