School concealed-weapons bill defeated in House committee

[DetlefK]

1. There's an anecdote about politicians and guns...

I forgot the details. I think, it was in the US. It was back in the olden days, ~200 years ago, where parliamentarians got into duels and fist-fights with each other.
Such a politician wanted to send a signal to his colleagues, that they better not get in a physical fight with him: During session, he calmly pulled out two heavy cavalry-issue flint-lock pistols and put them before him on his desk.



I wonder what would happen today if a politician would do that. In the midst of a session on gun-control, he casually pulls out a gun and puts it on his desk.