Washington, DC, Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) targeted concealed carry and concealed carry permit holders following the failed AR-15-based assassination attempt on Donald Trump.
She made her comments during the House Oversight Committee’s Secret Service hearing, and initially began with criticism of AR-15 rifles.
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However, Holmes quickly shifted to concealed carry in Washington, DC, and criticized Republican efforts to broaden it.
“Under current DC law, DC does not recognize concealed carry permits issued by other jurisdictions, but it does issue concealed carry permits to both residents and non-residents,” she said.
U.S. Secret Service agents respond as Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded on stage by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Holmes continued, “However, D.C. imposes a number of requirements on concealed carry applicants, including suitability, such as not having exhibited a propensity for violence or instability.”
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She went on to read other portions of DC’s requirements for concealed carry applicants then criticized Republican efforts to change D.C.’s rules so that concealed permit holders from any state can carry for self-defense when in D.C.
Holmes asked Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle how the agency would respond if the Republicans were successful, and Cheatle refused to criticize concealed carry. Rather, Cheatle indicated that carry laws differ from state to state and the Secret Service keeps those various laws in mind.
Again, Trump’s would-be assassin used a rifle, not a concealed carry handgun.
AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio, a member of Gun Owners of America, and the director of global marketing for Lone Star Hunts. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal in 2010 and has a Ph.D. in Military History. Follow him on Instagram: @awr_hawkins. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange. Reach him directly at
