Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie and 23 other GOP lawmakers on Thursday introduced a bill responding to the congressional baseball practice shooting that would allow individuals with concealed carry permits from other states to carry guns in the District of Columbia.

While the baseball practice shooting took place in Virginia, a state that already has a gun reciprocity law, the sponsors of the bill argue that it is the District’s law that prevented lawmakers and staff from being armed during practice since they were traveling to and from Washington.

“I think we need to look at some kind of reciprocity for members here,” Georgia Rep. Barry Loudermilk told reporters Wednesday a few hours after he and other House Republicans were shot at during their morning baseball practice.

“If this had happened in Georgia, he wouldn’t have gotten too far,” Loudermilk said of the shooter. “I had a staff member who was in his car maybe 20 yards behind the shooter who was pinned to his car who back in Georgia carries a 9 millimeter in his car. I carry a weapon. He had a clear shot at him. But here, we’re not allowed to carry any weapons.”

Loudermilk is one of the 23 initial co-sponsors of Massie’s bill, which would extend reciprocity in D.C. to any individual with a valid conceal carry permit from their home state, not just members of Congress.