American Voices

Security Concerns At The Capitol

August 5, 1998 | ISSUE 34•01

On July 24, Russell Weston Jr. entered the U.S. Capitol with a .38 caliber revolver and killed two guards, prompting calls for tighter security in the building that houses our nation's top lawmakers. What do you think?

  • Perhaps if a senator got blown away every once in a while, those fat-cat lawmakers wouldn't be so soft on crime.

    Kyle Christoph
    Architect

  • I just hope this doesn't mean they're going to cancel the group tour I booked for my club, The Rural Cabineers.

    Randolph McCoy
    Carpenter

  • Who would have expected something like this from a Montana schizophrenic with a history of cat torture?

    Porter Hewett
    Orthodontist

  • Just as long as Sen. Tom Daschle (D-SD) doesn't get hurt: He's my all-time favorite senator.

    Kelli Ready
    Publicist

  • If we are truly serious about improving Capitol security, we should call Capitol Security, the D.C.-area security professionals for over 30 years.

    Rachel Jepson
    Systems Analyst

  • The Capitol shooting made me realize that terrorism is wrong. I wonder if it's too late to fish out the plutonium I poured into the Potomac yesterday.

    Tim Kulick
    Bartender

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