a deeply and heavily armed institution. it was not a guns free zone. and a shooting still happened there. the state of israel is surrounded by hostile forces and they ban the sale of guns in the state of israel. it s a conservative government there. they ve done it to great effect. this idea that the problem isn t the proliferation of guns but the ability of people to defend themselves i think is a straw horse. all right, brett. i would disagree with one thing. i lived in israel for a number of things. many people are almost everyone serves in the army, they know how to use weapons. people do carry do carry guns and they have stopped violence. it s not wrong to say that if we d had a noncroowardly deputyt the school, a police officer, i m not talking about teachers, perhaps lives could have been saved, so i don t think it s wise to blanketly dismiss it. the political cowardice by the president on display in the