Image of the U.S. Capitol today (Instagram)

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: a man allegedly tries to bring a firearm into a Congressional office building—the Cannon House Office Building, to be exact—only to be stopped by security, told he can’t bring it in and then arrested.

Yep, that allegedly happened last week with House staffer Ryan Shucard and, this morning, U.S. Capitol Police say they arrested another man for trying to bring a gun inside the Cannon Building. According to a U.S. Capitol Police public information officer, Ronald William Prestage—who’s not a Congressional staffer—was arrested at approximately 9:20 a.m. when officers discovered a 9mm Ruger handgun during a security search at the entrance to the rotunda of the Cannon Building.

D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton released a statement linking these two recent incidents to an amendment Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) sponsored earlier this month to stop D.C. from enforcing its local gun laws. “Representative Massie, your message about spreading guns is apparently being heard, at least for people coming to the Capitol,” Norton said. “He left behind his professed tea party principles for local control and more power for states and local governments. If he wants to ‘restore gun rights anywhere I can,’ Congress, where he serves, is surely the place to begin. Given the apparent demand for bringing guns into the Capitol, let’s see if Representative Massie is true to his word and uses his legitimate, direct power over federal buildings to permit guns in them.”

Roll Call reports that Prestage—a veterinarian and farm operator from South Carolina—has a concealed carry permit in his home state and that he’s the president-elect of the National Pork Producers Council. He’s currently being processed at USCP headquarters and is being charged with carrying a pistol without a license, the PIO tells DCist.