AR-15 Stolen From Gun-Toting Rep’s Home
Rep. Renee Ellmers of the red state of North Carolina, a pro-NRA, pro-gun and, apparently, gun-totting member of Congress is not going to be the poster person for gun safety.
An AR-15 rifle was reportedly stolen from her home last week after the family returned from a target-shooting excursion. According to the New Observer, the gun had been left next to a gun locker in the family’s unlocked garage. Said Police Chief J.D. Pope, “They had been out target shooting and brought the gun back and leaned it against the gun safe… The garage door was left unsecured, according to the report.”
Not only is the event unfortunate for Ellmers and her family (not to mention their neighbors, and whoever ends up getting shot at with that AR-15). It also might undermine her political message just a little.
Like all gun-loving, gun-promoting and gun-toting legislators, Ellmers highlights the importance of gun safety. From her website:
Although she believes that gun owners must be responsible for the use and care of their guns, she does not want to see law-abiding gun owners penalized for the actions of criminals. It has become far too easy to place blame on guns, and their accessibility, rather than the criminals themselves.
