Michigan Rep Told To Take Down “Gun Free Office” Sign

By Cam Edwards

A first-term lawmaker in Michigan is unhappy after being told to take down a sign declaring her office in the state capitol a “gun free” zone, but she’s reluctantly complying with the order.

Rep. Kara Hope, D-Holt, said she placed the sign in her doorway Sept. 10 at the start of 2nd Amendment Day, when gun rights activists rallied at the Michigan Capitol with pistols and rifles.

The sign was meant to foster an environment where constituents could feel safe speaking to their representative, Hope said. Gun-toting constituents could reach her by other means, she added.

Well, that seems a little discriminatory, doesn’t it? If gun owners aren’t violating any laws by carrying in the capitol, then why should Rep. Hope refuse to see them? The representative received a request by the state House Speaker to take down the sign, but the anti-gun representative demanded a written letter before she would comply. After receiving the letter this week, the sign came down, but the representative is still speaking out.

In a statement Wednesday evening, Hope pinged the speaker’s run-in with federal Transportation Security Administration officials last year when he inadvertently carried a loaded, unregistered handgun into a …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms