trade-off. and so when i wrote the piece, i was writing it from that mind-set of, what would i rather have? what what i prefer? what is most important? tucker: that is a most thoughtful gun purchase of the year. [laughs] i agree with everything you just said. i think more people you explained what undergirds that instinct. do you think you should be trusted with a gun? i think so. it s interesting because i think that when it comes to the gun purchase, i didn t come from a point of view that i was actually excited to purchase a gun. i m actually as i write in my piece, i plan on training i plan on getting training, i plan on making sure that i take it as a responsibility because i view it as a duty. that is something we don t really talk about, especially as civilians living in a country that s founded upon liberty. but it s a duty to carry it. i definitely know that i don t plan on carrying it until i know
the school, the deputies on the scene, all failed to protect those kids? i think that s right. it was a failure to identify, register, and engage or respond, and there was failure at every level of government, and clearly, there were some training issues at the local level with respect to active shooting. we need to bone up on that. we also have to secure our schools and get serious about that. except the reality that this is a fallen world and accept the reality that no matter how many laws we have in place, if somebody is hell bent on murder and destruction, they will stop at nothing, certainly not respect for a gun free zone, to carry out their dark desire. the last line of defense, tucker, is to make sure that our people in our communities can defend themselves, their families, and yes, the students, that means that we need to do more of what texas is doing, in my opinion, and make sure that
i can actually protect myself and protect others and not be a greater danger to others. tucker: i think you speak for a lot of gun owners. there are people who have guns who shouldn t, probably a lot of fun. all of the gun ours i know are very, very focused on safety and responsibility. what do you plan to do with it? i thought about getting a concealed carry license. i thought about potentially doing open carry. really, the key thing for me is just knowing that, at the very least, i should know how a gun functions, how to act around a gun, how to handle myself. i ve actually gone through safety drills, when there is an open shooter drill, i ve done those drills, i ve been told, i ve learned, i understand that you run, you hide, and if all else fails, then you fight. i think the same thing goes with guns. i don t view it as a necessaril necessarily a light gift.
judicial philosophy, he could oppose every nominee that trump makesmi to . he didid not choose any of those reasons. instead, he said he s opposing the nomination because he is the wrong color. watch. the nomination speaks to the overall lack of diversity in president trump selections for the federal judiciary. mr. quattlebaum replaces not one, but two scuttled obama nominations who were african-american. the trump administration, like in so many other areas, is taking a giant step backwards. this time, when it comes to diversity of their nominations. i ll be voting no on the quattlebaum nomination. tucker: so he shouldn t have a job because he is the wrong color? you thought this was settled 50 years ago but on the left, it isn t, and it never has been pretreating people differentlyin because of their skin color is wrong and reducing people to members of a race is wrong. it s a cul-de-sac, by the way,
last line of defense is that teachers and coaches and administrators are appropriately trained, licensed, and a part of that security apparatus. tucker: congressman, we could talk for hours about this. we don t have much time. what is your best guess for why this is happening in the first place? what would drive a 19-year-old to murder strangers? there s a whole bunch of issues. i think our kids in america are angry, being raised in single family homes without fathers, as a congressman, being away, i know that our boys need fathers in the home. they are being overmedicated, we say they have attention deficit disorder, so we medicate them and start a parent them. there is violence that comes from hollywood. we dehumanize life and most video games and movies and with abortion, there s a whole slew of issues that we have in america that we didn t have 40 years ago. we have to address the root cause of what is bringing kids to be so angry and attached. cell phones, tucker, these kids,