i spent a career carrying typically they re an m-16 and later an m-4 carbine. and an m-4 carbine fires 5.56 millimeter at about 3,000 feet per second. when it hits a human body, the effects are devastating. it s designed to do that. and that s what our soldiers ought to carry. i personally don t think there is any need for that kind of weaponry on the streets and particularly around the schools in america. i believe that we ve got to take a serious look. i understand everybody s desire to have whatever they want. but we ve got to protect our children. we ve got to protect our police. we ve got to protect our population. and i think we got to take a very mature look at that. the number of people in america killed by firearms is extraordinary compared to other nations. and i don t think we re a bloodthirsty culture.
i spent a career carrying typically they re an m-16 and later an m-four carbine. and an m-4 carbine fires 5.56 millimeter at about 3,000 feet per second. when it hits a human body, the effects are devastating. it s designed to do that. and that s what our soldiers ought to carry. i personally don t think there is any need for that kind of weaponry on the streets and particularly around the schools in america. i believe that we ve got to take a serious look. i understand everybody s desire to have whatever they want. but we ve got to protect our children. we ve got to protect our police. we ve got to protect our population. and i think we got to take a very mature look at that. the number of people in america killed by firearms is extraordinary compared to other nations. and i don t think we re a blood thirsty culture. so i think we need to look at everything that we can do to safeguard our people.
resign. he said he did not end as he would have wished. today he says he has moved on with his life and is now free to speak his mind. afghanistan is hard. it s always been hard. if you study their history, it s never anything but complex and difficult. i spent a career carrying typically an m-16 and later an m-4 carbine. i personally don t think there is any need for that kind of weaponry on the streets, and particularly in and around the schools in america. i like the fact that chuck hagel has had his feet in the mud as a soldier. i like the fact that he s had a lot of background. joining me now is the former top commander in afghanistan, retired general stanley mcchrystal. he has a brand-new memoir called my share of the task. general, nice to see you. good to see you, chuck. we have heard you on a number of topics. it was interesting on the assault weapon. i want to start with what s going on in north africa and mali. and i know you know about as much as we do when it c
find some meeting of the minds on this issue. why can t we test everybody, or have everybody run through a screen to make sure they re a responsible person before they re allowed to buy a weapon, either in a store or in a private transaction? why can t we do a better job of registering things? and with respect to assault weapons, i see no need for bushmasters in the hands of an individual person who might be deranged. you want the fire a bushmaster, go out to a range and fire a bushmaster. but whether or not it s in our overall interest to have these kinds of weapons in the hands of americans who might not be responsible is a question we have to answer. how much are we really giving up if we said that this kind of weapon should not be readily available to anybody who wants to buy one? does assault weapons like the bushmaster have a place in our society here in america? what is your position, especially given the recent events? i spent a career carrying
find some meeting of the minds on this issue. why can t we test everybody, or have everybody run through a screen to make sure they re a responsible person before they re allowed to buy a weapon, either in a store or in a private transaction? why can t we do a better job of registering things? and with respect to assault weapons, i see no need for bushmasters in the hands of an individual person who might be deranged. you want the fire a bushmaster, go out to a range and fire a bushmaster. but whether or not it s in our overall interest to have these kinds of weapons in the hands of americans who might not be responsible is a question we have to answer. how much are we really giving up if we said that this kind of weapon should not be readily available to anybody who wants to buy one? does assault weapons like the bushmaster have a place in our society here in america? what is your position, especially given the recent events? i spent a career carrying