They ought to arrange for Capitol Police security at any event with a number of Congressmen in attendance. For that matter, Congressmen ought to ask local law enforcement to detail a couple of officers to any townhalls the Congressman might be giving. It's routine for law enforcement to detail some officers to cover high school ball games, they ought to be able to handle an occasional town hall.
Congress ought to straighten out the concealed carry situation in DC. They have jurisdiction. They should require DC authorities to issue a conceal carry permit to anyone over 18 who is not a convicted felon or a committed nut case. And require DC to honor conceal carry permits from any state. And provide jail sentences for any official who fails to issue the permit within two weeks of the applicant submitting his paperwork.
We ought to discourage politicians and newsies from calling opponents names, such as racist, feminazi, and the like. The name calling contributes nothing to the political debate and just inflames feelings. Publish objections to the opponents policies, not their persons. We cannot forbid name calling by law, but we could do a lot to mobilize public opinion against it.
And strengthen our mental health system. Nut cases ought to be detected early and committed to mental hospitals, not allowed to run around loose. There are no free beds in the mental hospitals. Cases where the individual volunteers to enter treatment have failed because there are no empty beds to put them in.
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