A group of male Republican New Hampshire lawmakers wearing pearls during a hearing on gun control legislation has sparked accusations that they were being sexist and insensitive to the mothers of those killed in shootings
State conservatives, however, say the lawmakers were supporting women's rights to arm themselves for defense.The controversy began Tuesday afternoon during debate over a bill that would restrict access to firearms from people deemed to pose an"immediate risk to themselves or others."Photos posted on social media show several male Republicans wearing pearls during the hearing.
— Shannon Watts March 5, 2019 Read MoreThe lawmakers also were condemned on Twitter by Democratic US Sens. Cory Booker of New Jersey and Kamala Harris of California, who said the New Hampshire lawmakers were mocking the mothers.But the president of the Women's Defense League, a New Hampshire gun rights group that focuses on"training and educating women" on practical self-defense skills, disputed the accusation, saying the pearls were worn in support of their group.
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