Skip to content
RollCall logo

Video

Vocal Protesters Arrested in Hart After Gun Control ‘Die-In’

By Bian Elkhatib
Posted November 6, 2017 at 8:35pm

By Bian Elkhatib

Loading the player...

Gays Against Guns held a protest outside the Hart Senate Office Building and staged a “die-in” inside. Seven members of the group — that was seeking attention on passing Sen. Christopher S. Murphy’s gun background-check legislation — were arrested by Capitol Police.

Recent Stories

Visitors walk across the U.S. Supreme Court plaza to enter the building in October.

Supreme Court casts doubt on agency enforcement actions without juries

Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., is seen in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Drama ahead of third Santos expulsion vote

New York Times Columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin interviews former Speaker Kevin McCarthy during The New York Times DealBook summit on Wednesday.

Ousted as speaker, McCarthy has not decided about reelection

A sign on Election Day earlier this month at the Lutheran Church of the Reformation in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C.

Is 2024 the year for a third-party candidate to break through with dissatisfied voters?

Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., will be the focus of President Joe Biden's event on Wednesday.

White House goes at ‘MAGA’ Boebert over opposition to Biden agenda in Colorado

Speaker Mike Johnson and his wife, Kelly, pose with West Virginia lawmakers and fourth grader Ethan Reese in front of the Capitol Christmas Tree on Tuesday.

Speaker Mike Johnson invokes ‘reason for the season’ at Capitol Christmas Tree lighting