criminologists, between 800,000 and 2.5 million crimes are actually prevented by armed citizens. a blogger called the wolf points out that a gun puts a 100-pound woman on equal footing with a 220-pound mugger. a 75-year-old retiree is put on the same footing with a 19-year-old gang banger and a single guy is on equal footing with a truckload of guys swinging baseball bats. of course, it s best to avoid dangerous situations. good to flee from them. great when a cop is right there to intervene. but if those aren t options, and the person attempting to rape, rob or murder you or maybe even a loved one, when that person can t be reasoned with or run from, then wearing a gun is p petter thpet better than wearing a toe better than wearing a toe tag. mr. president, that s my version of common sense.
criminologists between 800,000 and 2 1/2 million crimes are actually prevented by armed citizens. blogger called the wolf points out that a gun puts a 100 pound woman on equal footing with a 220 pound mugger. a 75-year-old retiree is put on the same footing with a gang banger and a truckload of guys swinging baseball bats. now, it s best to avoid dangerous situations. good to flee from them. great when a cop is right there to intervene. but if those aren t options, and the person attempting to rape, rob, or murder you, or maybe a loved one, when that person can t be reasoned with or run from, then wearing a gun is better than wearing a toe-tag. mr. president, that s my version of common sense. [applause] north korea s rogue
and 2.5 million crimes are actually prevented by armed citizens. a blogger called the wolf points out that a gun puts a 100-pound woman on equal footing with a 220-pound mugger. a 75-year-old retiree is put on the same footing with a 19-year-old gang banger and a single guy is on equal footing with a truckload of guys swinging baseball bats. of course, it s best to avoid dangerous situations. good to flee from them. great when a cop is right there to intervene. but if those aren t options, and the person attempting to rape, rob or murder you or maybe even a loved one, when that person can t be reasoned with or run from, then wearing a gun is p petter thpet better than wearing a toe better than wearing a toe tag. mr. president, that s my version of common sense.
criminologists, between 800,000 and 2.5 million crimes are actually prevented by armed citizens. a blogger called the wolf points out that a gun puts a 100-pound woman on equal footing with a 220-pound mugger. a 75-year-old retiree is put on the same footing with a 19-year-old gang banger and a single guy is on equal footing with a truckload of guys swinging baseball bats. of course, it s best to avoid dangerous situations. good to flee from them. great when a cop is right there to intervene. but if those aren t options, and the person attempting to rape, rob or murder you or maybe even a loved one, when that person can t be reasoned with or run from, then wearing a gun is p petter thpet better than wearing a toe better than wearing a toe tag. mr. president, that s my version of common sense.
unfolding diplomatic crisis. and why do women only make 77 cents on the dollar compared to men? i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. tomorrow marks one year since the u.s. mission that killed osama bin laden and today the terror leader s name is popping up out there on the campaign trail. the romney and obama campaigns are each trying to paint their candidate as the toughest, but for team romney, it s a built of an uphill battle right now. our national political correspondent jim acosta is watching all this unfold. what s going on in this fight? for months, mitt romney has been on offensive. he in this debate over the killing of osama bin laden, romney has been on defense, just the way the president wants it. as mitt romney was shaking hands in new hampshire, he was asked the question, he had given the same order to kill osama bin laden. even jimmy carter would have given that order. cnn breaking news. tonight i can report to the american people a