{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://norton.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/norton-files-amendment-tying-national-concealed-carry-reciprocity-bill", "Norton Files Amendment Tying National Concealed Carry Reciprocity Bill to Current Ban on Guns in U.S. Capitol Buildings and Grounds", "2017-12-04", "2017", "2017-12", "Democrat", "House", "DC", "Eleanor Norton", "N000147", "norton.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C.\u2014Congresswoman\u00a0Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that she filed an amendment today at the House Rules Committee to prohibit the provisions of a bill (H.R. 38) that would require every jurisdiction to recognize out-of-state concealed carry handgun permits, even though states have different requirements for such permits, from taking effect until the federal law prohibiting guns in U.S. Capitol buildings and grounds is repealed.\u00a0 Norton successfully fought a bill, sponsored by Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY), that would have required only the District of Columbia to recognize out-of-state permits, but the Massie bill has not moved and would be moot if H.R. 38 were enacted.\u00a0 Norton said the new concealed carry bill is expected on the House floor this week because it is the National Rifle Association\u2019s top priority.\n\u201cI obviously strongly oppose both H.R. 38, the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017, and allowing guns in U.S. buildings and grounds,\u201d Norton said.\u00a0 \u201cI filed my amendment simply to point out the hypocrisy of overriding local laws enacted throughout the United States after assessing local views of risk, while Congress insulates itself by banning guns from the entire Capitol complex.\u00a0 If Congress feels it must impose the danger of allowing people from permissive jurisdictions to bring guns of every kind into the nation\u2019s capital, my amendment would highlight how communities across the country would similarly be endangered with this national concealed carry reciprocity bill.\u00a0 Republicans will claim that guns are unnecessary for self-protection on U.S. Capitol buildings and grounds because the U.S. Capitol Police check people for weapons.\u00a0 However, that is a red herring.\u00a0 The Capitol Police only check for weapons at the entrance of buildings.\u00a0\u00a0 People are not searched for weapons as they enter the hundreds of acres of grounds, which Members regularly traverse.\u201d\nNorton regularly calls out Republicans for their hypocrisy when they introduce bills to repeal District of Columbia gun safety laws, yet refuse to allow guns in Capitol buildings and grounds.\u00a0 She continues to fight the two D.C.-specific gun bills that are pending in Congress and has succeeded in keeping these bills from becoming law in past Congresses.\u00a0 She has blocked advancement of the Second Amendment Enforcement Act, sponsored by Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Representative Thomas Garrett (R-VA), which would eliminate almost all of D.C.\u2019s gun laws, as well as Massie\u2019s D.C. concealed carry bill.\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://norton.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/norton-files-amendment-tying-national-concealed-carry-reciprocity-bill"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8138725534081459, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}