{"id":96561,"date":"2023-10-06T18:08:25","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T23:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=96561"},"modified":"2023-10-06T18:08:25","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T23:08:25","slug":"96561","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=96561","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

CARJACKED <\/a>CONGRESSMAN HIGHLIGHTS REASONS FOR INCREASING LAWFUL GUN OWNERSHIP<\/a><\/p>\n

In a popular up-and-coming area of Washinton, D.C. \u2013 just a few blocks from the nation\u2019s Capitol building \u2013 a U.S. Congressman was\u00a0carjacked at gunpoint<\/a><\/strong>. U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) was parking his car just outside an apartment building where he and several other Members of Congress reside. The congressman was\u00a0unharmed<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0during the attack.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs Congressman Cuellar was parking his car this evening, 3 armed assailants approached the Congressman and stole his vehicle. Luckily, he was not harmed and is working with local law enforcement,\u201d Rep. Cuellar\u2019s Chief of Staff\u00a0stated<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0in a press release.<\/p>\n

Washington, D.C., police are still searching for the suspects. It can be assumed the firearms used in the crime were illegally obtained or stolen. If the criminals are ever caught and prosecuted, more questions will be answered.<\/p>\n

However, there are plenty of reasons why other would-be criminals in the D.C.-Maryland-Virginia area might rethink their plans for committing crimes. More Americans are arming themselves to protect against criminals such as these.<\/p>\n

\u2018Support Law Enforcement\u2019<\/h4>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>The Texas congressman may caucus with the political party in Washington, D.C., that pushes an extreme gun control agenda, but his own record shows areas of support for gun rights. Last year, in the 117th<\/sup>\u00a0Congress that had a Democratic-controlled House, Rep. Cuellar\u00a0bucked his own party<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and voted with House Republicans against\u00a0U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler\u2019s (D-N.Y.) strict gun control bill<\/a><\/strong>. That legislation would have raised the legal age for U.S. adults to lawfully purchase America\u2019s most popular-selling centerfire rifles, Modern Sporting Rifles (MSRs). It also would have banned the purchase and possession of standard capacity magazines and required unconstitutional mandatory gun storage in the home.<\/p>\n

Also that year, Rep. Cuellar\u00a0voted against<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0the Assault Weapons Ban of 2022, that barely passed the House. The legislation failed to even receive a vote in the U.S. Senate.<\/p>\n

Following the incident, Rep. Cuellar struck a different tone than several of his Democratic congressional colleagues have in the past.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou got to support law enforcement. And I\u2019ve been doing that for a long time. I have three brothers who are peace officers,\u201d Rep. Cuellar\u00a0told<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Fox News. \u201cI do want to thank the Capitol Police and I certainly want to thank the Metro Police. I\u2019m a big law enforcement person. I got three boys in law enforcement. So I certainly appreciate the good work that the police did.\u201d<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t the first attack on a Member of Congress this year in Washington, D.C. Earlier this year, Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.) was assaulted in her apartment building and suffered bruises while escaping more serious injuries.<\/p>\n

\u2018They Target Us\u2019<\/h4>\n

Surging crime in the District of Columbia is a\u00a0growing concern<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and has been for\u00a0several years<\/a><\/strong>. Washington, D.C., recently recorded its 200th<\/sup>\u00a0homicide and it marked the first time in two decades that the federal city has had\u00a0at least 200 murders<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0for three years in a row. It was the\u00a0earliest the grim marker<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0has been surpassed. The Metro Police Department recently\u00a0announced<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0the average murder suspect in the city has eleven prior arrests.<\/p>\n

How are would-be victims in Washington, D.C., responding? They aren\u2019t sitting around and waiting to be victimized, especially women in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area \u2013 and most specifically African Americans.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of times men look at women and they think we are defenseless. They target us, first because they think we don\u2019t carry. We can defend ourselves as women, we are not as weak as you think we are.\u201d That\u2019s what Kennette Brown\u00a0told ABC 7 News<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in Washington, D.C., about why she obtained her concealed carry permit, purchased her first gun and takes the time to go to training courses.<\/p>\n

Calvin Wellington is a firearms instructor for Nova Armory in Arlington, Va., and told media his firearm training courses are now mostly filled with women who are buying and training with firearms.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe average woman that I get in my class is brand new to this,\u201d Wellington said. \u201cI have had women call me and thank me because when they walk out of their building to their car at night they are no longer scared.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWith all the things going on in the world, you just want to be able to protect yourself,\u201d added Nicole Washington. She takes classes to be a more confident and accurate gun owner. \u201cI\u2019m a pretty good shot.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nothing New<\/h4>\n

The trend of more women purchasing firearms for the first time isn\u2019t a new phenomenon. It\u2019s a trend that\u2019s been happening for several years \u2013 and is welcomed.<\/p>\n

Gun owners are increasingly female and also seeing greater minority gun ownership too, including African Americans, Hispanic Americans and Asian Americans. Last year, NBC News\u00a0reported<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0on the growing diversity within the gun-owning community with a report titled, \u201cWhy more Black people are looking for safety in gun ownership.\u201d The report highlighted NSSF industry data showing 90 percent of gun retailers reported a \u201cgeneral increase\u201d of Black customers, including an 87 percent increase among Black women.<\/p>\n

A\u00a0headline<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0from The Cut read, \u201cThe New Face of American Gun Ownership \u2013 Black women are pushing against the (white, rural, and male) stereotype.\u201d \u201cIn recent years, story after story has furthered the narrative that Black women are the fastest-growing group of gun owners in the country,\u201d The Cut\u2019s report said, adding Black women now make up a majority of the 40,000 members of the National African American Gun Association (NAAGA).<\/p>\n

Fortunately, Congressman Cuellar\u2019s vehicle and possessions were recovered within only a couple of hours.<\/p>\n

\u201cA society without law and order is not a society,\u201d Rep. Cuellar\u00a0told<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0Fox\u2019s Jesse Waters. When criminals are allowed to run rampant with no risk of prosecution for their crimes, innocent people suffer. Thankfully, Congress overturned the Washington, D.C., City Council\u2019s attempts to enact laughably soft-on-crime policies earlier this year.<\/p>\n

Even such, criminals thinking about committing crimes against residents have more reason to think again. They\u2019re law-abiding residents like Kennette Brown and Nicole Washington and they have numerous friends taking a stand and exercising their Second Amendment rights for self-defense too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CARJACKED CONGRESSMAN HIGHLIGHTS REASONS FOR INCREASING LAWFUL GUN OWNERSHIP In a popular up-and-coming area of Washinton, D.C. \u2013 just a few blocks from the nation\u2019s Capitol building \u2013 a U.S. Congressman was\u00a0carjacked at gunpoint. U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) was parking his car just outside an apartment building where he and several other Members of … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,29,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rkba","category-safety","category-self-defense"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=96561"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96562,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96561\/revisions\/96562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}