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‘I Can Do Whatever I Want’: GOP Congressman Waves Around Guns During Gun Control Bill Hearing
U.S. Rep. Bill Steube, a Republican of Florida, waved around several guns and magazines during a House hearing on gun control, complaining the legislation under discussion would ban the very guns he uses.
Steube, a former Army JAG attorney, sitting in his home office and speaking via video conference, at one point showed the gun he says he carries with him every day to “protect” himself and his family.
The two-term Congressman displayed an assortment of firearms, and their related magazines, complaining that under the current bill lawmakers are considering his guns would be effectively banned because of their magazines.
When one lawmaker off-screen complained about the guns Steube retorted, “I’m at my house. I can do whatever I want with my guns.”
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Rep. Steube brandishes multiple guns during a hearing on gun violence pic.twitter.com/bMUDCBFjz7
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 2, 2022
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