Good to know.
A Republican lawmaker is allowed to have an AR-15 in his office as long as it isn't loaded, the U.S. Capitol Police said Tuesday after a photo of the rifle caught the attention of law enforcement officials in Washington, D.C.
"Caught the attention of" means, in this context, that possessing an AR-15 in the District of Columbia is illegal, and so Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) tweeting a picture of himself and a sleepy-looking Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) gently cradling what can only be described as a firearm-shaped style abortion caused some online kerfuffle while authorities worked out that yes, members of Congress are exempt from those regulations. Rep. Ken Buck can fill his office closet with enough weaponry for he and his staff to take out the entire Senate, if that is what he feels inclined to do.
Perhaps more importantly, while the weapon in question looks like the unfortunate offspring of a military artillery piece having sex with a Toby Keith concert, the bolt carrier assembly has been removed, rendering it inoperable.
“It is a beautiful, patriotic paper weight,” [Buck] added.
Ah, so it's Rep. Paul Ryan, then?
Anyhoo, all of this turned out to be much ado about nothing. If Ken Buck wants to feed an American flag to a cat and display the resulting hairball in his office, he is free to do so. Don't think he will take his momentary Twitter fame lying down, however. He's already got a fundraising email out asking all good patriots to pay him money to prevent anyone from questioning him and his really just gawdawful-ugly gun ever again.
In the email, Buck asked supporters to donate to "strengthen our fight against anti-gun activists."
"The Second Amendment exists to protect your God-given right to bear arms," the email continued. "The actions by Anti-Gun Liberals against Trey Gowdy and me are just another attempt to strip us of our rights."
A lot of kerfuffle for an inoperable gun-shaped object. Next he should bring a working one in and send a fundraiser about how
the man doesn't want him to load it.