Statehouse Shootout: Pa. Lawmaker Exchanges Gunfire with Would-Be Robber

Photo Credit: APThey messed with the wrong lawmaker.

Two Pennsylvania state representatives escaped unharmed Tuesday night after they were involved in a shootout with a gunman who attempted to rob them near the state Capitol in Harrisburg.

State Rep. Marty Flynn, a former prison guard who’s licensed to carry a handgun, fired the shots after he and Rep. Ryan Bizzarro were accosted by the would-be robber. Flynn told the Associated Press he thinks he might have been killed if he had not been carrying a concealed pistol.

“We are used to fighting for the people in our districts every day,” Flynn said in a statement to the Philadelphia Inquirer. “We certainly are going to stand up for ourselves and not become victims.”