Republican Consultant Greg Steube confirmed his weapons on digital camera Thursday because the Home Judiciary Committee mentioned a modest bundle of gun violence-prevention measures within the wake of a number of latest mass shootings.

Steube, who was talking by way of videoconference from his house in Florida, pulled out three firearms as he argued particularly towards sure restrictions the bundle would place on magazines.

When one other consultant current on the listening to was heard saying that she hoped the gun wasn't loaded, Steube responded that he was at his house and "can do no matter I would like with my weapons."

The session passed off because the U.S. contends with the aftermath of latest mass shootings at an Oklahoma hospital, Texas elementary faculty and Buffalo, New York, grocery store. Democrats have renewed a push for gun reform within the wake of the assaults, however Republicans have remained proof against the concept, as a substitute pointing to high school security and psychological well being points.

The Democratic-pushed bundle that was mentioned on the listening to, formally titled the "Defending Our Children Act," seeks to "present for an elevated age restrict on the acquisition of sure firearms, forestall gun trafficking, modernize the prohibition on untraceable firearms, encourage the protected storage of firearms, and for different functions." One of many proposed measures included within the bundle would make it "illegal for an individual to import, promote, manufacture, switch, or possess" high-capacity magazines.

Steube Pulls Out Pistol During Hearing
GOP Consultant Greg Steube confirmed his weapons on digital camera Thursday because the Home Judiciary Committee mentioned a modest bundle of gun violence-prevention measures. Above, Steube speaks throughout a listening to within the Rayburn Home Constructing on July 29, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.Graeme Jennings/Pool/Getty Photos

Steube's show got here after hours of remarks delivered by Republicans objecting to the laws bundle and Democrats pushing for its development. The congressman displayed a number of of his weapons that he mentioned can be impacted by the journal restrictions, together with a SIG Sauer P226 pistol, SIG Sauer 320 and SIG Sauer P365 XL.

"The Left continues to politicize tragedies by pushing laws that erodes our constitutional rights," Steube mentioned in an announcement shared with Newsweek. "At present I uncovered the Democrats' gun seize invoice by illustrating how their proposed journal bans successfully bans most handguns. These measures would do nothing to forestall the tragedies usually cited, and would solely harm law-abiding residents.

"The people who find themselves offended are the identical ones that need to take a shredder to the Structure," Steube added. "Floridians elected me to defend our constitutional rights and I am doing simply that."

After the show, Home Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler, who sponsored the bundle, repeatedly requested Steube to yield for a query, however the lawmaker refused. Previous to exhibiting his weapons on digital camera, Steube took goal at latest remarks made by President Joe Biden, who mentioned Monday that a 9mm bullet "blows the lung out of the physique."

"So the concept of those high-caliber weapons is of—there's merely no rational foundation for it when it comes to serious about self-protection, searching...and bear in mind, the Structure, the Second Modification was by no means absolute," Biden mentioned. "You could not purchase a cannon when the Second Modification was handed. You could not exit and buy a variety of weapons."

The remark impressed strategies that Biden was calling for a ban on handguns, although the White Home mentioned Tuesday that the president doesn't again barring the sale of "all handguns."

Steube, in an obvious reference to Democrats' proposals, added, "They need to take away law-abiding residents' potential to buy the firearm of their selection, and do not allow them to idiot you that they aren't trying to remove your potential to buy handguns."

Replace 06/02/22, 3:00 p.m. ET: This story was up to date with an announcement from Steube.