The congressional shootings Wednesday prompted some Republicans to call for lawmakers to be armed. Would that be a good idea—more guns, less crime? Not necessarily.
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana remained in critical condition after surgery to treat a gunshot wound to the hip. The attack in a Washington suburb by an apparently politically motivated shooter using a military-style, large-capacity rifle also left three others wounded. On the same day, on the other side of the nation, a man shot five co-workers—three of them fatally—at a United Parcel Service facility in San Francisco.
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