Washington State Capitol bans umbrellas... and now guns...

No More Guns in the Visitors Gallery... Washington State Capitol

Photo used under Creative Commons from flickr user stevevoght 

"Those rules include prohibitions on applause and other forms of demonstration.

Owen said it didn't make sense to allow people to openly carry firearms while banning backpacks, signs and umbrellas.

"We're not going to treat them differently than everyone else," he said of open-carry advocates."

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