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Facebook Twitter Reddit Email view in app Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, on Thursday called a hearing on the Second Amendment into recess after two
protesters interrupted him. He then compared their protest at the Judiciary and Oversight Committees' gun hearing to the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Fallon asked Capitol
police to "arrest that woman" after the
gun control protesters started to disrupt a meeting about gun control rules in
Mexico. The committees were holding a joint hearing called "ATF's Assault of the Second Amendment: When is Enough Enough?" with a focus on the rights of gun owners. Those inside the hearing room told the
Washington Examiner that the woman accused
Republicans of taking her son away, and that the man yelled out to the lawmakers, "all of you are full of s***." The Recount identified the two protesters as
Parkland parents Patricia and Manuel Oliver, who lost their son, Joaquin "Guac" Oliver, in a 2018
Florida school
shooting. Related Sen. Chris Murphy: Republicans "don't give a crap" about kids and gun violence "Please remove that woman, please," Fallon told the Capitol Police. "You're removed." As officers escorted the woman out, Fallon told those in attendance that anyone engaging in disorderly conduct can be removed from the proceedings, asking Capitol Police to hold them to the same standard as those arrested during the Jan. 6 insurrection. "See, this is exactly what we have to avoid, which is some minority of folks trying to silence dissent," he complained. "There's a decorum that should be adhered to." Want a daily wrap-up of all the news and commentary Salon has to offer? Subscribe to our morning newsletter , Crash Course. "Is this an insurrection?" Fallon asked a visibly uncomfortable room of people. "I don't want another Jan. 6, do we?" A few moments later, Fallon abruptly called a recess in the hearing. "Does the Capitol Police not do their jobs?" he exclaimed. "What in the hell's going on?" A subsequent clip shows the Capitol Police handcuffing the man on the ground outside of the meeting room. Read more about the GOP and guns Republicans would rather kids be shot than let them read books U.S. gun laws are causing mayhem and mass murder — and Republicans couldn't be more thrilled "You can't make this s**t up": House Republicans wear "tone deaf" assault rifle pins amid shootings "Unforgivable insult": George Santos wants to make AR-15 the "National Gun of America" Jon Stewart expertly corners pro-gun Republican: "You don't give a flying f**k" about children dying By Samaa Khullar Samaa Khullar is a news fellow at Salon with a background in Middle Eastern history and politics. MORE FROM Samaa Khullar Related Topics ------------------------------------------ Clip Guns Pat Fallon Politics Related Articles Advertisement: Advertisement: Trending Articles from Salon Advertisement: Advertisement: