If the Michigan House and Senate cannot completely guarantee the safety of Governor Whitmer, then everything has to be done virtually until this level of hatred ends.
By Craig Mauger
Lansing — Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield, R-Levering, (click here) says the decision on whether to allow guns in the state Capitol should be left up to state lawmakers.
Chatfield, the leader of the GOP-controlled House, made the comments in a Saturday interview as the Michigan Capitol Commission, a six-member panel in charge of maintaining the building's grounds, continues to weigh whether to enact a policy on firearms.
"Historically, this has been something that the Legislature has decided," Chatfield told The Detroit News. "That's what our Constitution delineates, as well, that we have control over our chamber. And I think it should be a decision left up to the Legislature."
The debate over continuing to allow both concealed and openly carried guns in the Capitol has raged in Michigan for years. But it's gained new attention in recent months as protesters against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's COVID-19 restrictions have openly carried firearms in the building. Photos surfaced of two men charged in an alleged kidnapping plot of Whitmer carrying weapons around the Capitol during one demonstration....
