> Rep. Shontel Brown was on MSNBC yesterday and asked by the host to dispel the supposedly crazy idea with no basis “whipped up” by the GOP that banning gas stoves is a possibility at the hands of the deep nanny state. > But she didn’t. She said it IS a possibility. That’s what she said, even though she and the host tried to couch it in mocking denial that it’s a big deal, she DID say it’s on the table. Which is exactly what CPSC commissioner Richard Trumka Jr. said to kick off the news cycle. > “But you’re not calling for a ban, Congresswoman,” said the MSNBC anchor not in the form of a question. > “I’m not calling for a ban. I am a proud user of a gas stove,” said Brown. “I would not go that far. I think that is the very, very, very, very last resort.”