To the idea of guns and firearms as being wrapped up in freedom. but partly, frankly, you have a cynical combination of gun and armaments manufacturers and an nra that has successfully mobilized at a grassroots level and is able to stoke fear. i want to be clear. that tragedy in tucson was a terrible crime. and my heart, and i know yours does too, goes out to all the victims and their loved ones. but it s time for some frank talk. the media and the political elites want us to believe that if we just pass another law or two, we can does that a madman bent on violence. when they tell you that a government ban on certain firearms or magazines will somehow make you safer, don t you buy it, not for one second. when will they make a decision on your flight, sir? i was the commander of the
i want my schools protect ed just like my banks are protected. we must immediately harden the schools. we need to harden them and not soften them up. we drop off the kids at schools of so-called gun-free zones that are wide open targets for any crazy madman bent on evil to come there first. a gun-free zone to a killer or somebody who wants to be a killer, that is like going in for the ice cream. that is like, here i am, take me. so we saw that the president did conduct a listening session with the victims, but realistically, and not just the president, but the republicans, paul ryan and mitch mcconnell, and can they separate themselves from the nra when it comes to the policy push? they k and i think it would be smart for donald trump to do so even though they have heavily funded his presidential bid, he
Madman bent on evil to come there first. it s a gun-free zone. it says, this is a gun-free zone. please check your guns way far away. and what happens is they feel safe. nobody is going to come at them. at least on those three points, the president was echoing what wayne lapierre said. he s very much giving his talking point on this idea of arming teachers with concealed weapons from the nra. in many ways, this is his most detailed policy proposal. it s the one he talks about the most, it s the one he has sort of numbers, 10 to 20% of teachers, maybe they would be folks from the military. so yeah, in this way he is echoing the nra and even in some ways going further than the nra even though the nra backs this plan. they mainly talk about security guards being there to protect the students. so in that way, he s certainly on the same page. he is differing from the nra in
Politicians, they re all more protected than our children at school. i want my schools protected just like my banks are protected. we drop our kids off at school that are so-called gun-free zones that are wide open targets for any crazy madman bent on ebola to come there first. if you re going to continue with this nonsense about a gun-free zone, gun free, it sounds so good. it s like it sounds so great. it is such a target for the killer. the national rifle association originated the national instant check system. it was our bill. no one on the prohibited persons list should ever have access to a firearm. no killer no, felon no, drug dealer. the nra is ready to do things. they actually came up with certain of the rules. he had a tip sheet. the nra spent roughly $30
Our banks, our airports, our nba games, our nfl games, our office buildings, our movie stars, our politicians, they are all more protected than our children at school. does that make any sense to anybody? [applause] do we really love our money and our celebrities more than we love our children? can we answer that question honestly, any of us, can we answer that question honestly knowing that we surround and protect so much with armed security, while we drop our kids off at schools that are so-called gun-free zones that are wide open targets for any crazy madman bent on evil to