Does pointless really need a counterpoint?
Tom Brokaw Tells College Students Owning Firearms Leads to Terrorism
On gun issues, Brokaw said common sense has to prevail. He mentioned the record number of homicides nearby in Memphis.
"I'm appalled by the determination of organizations and individuals to arm more people without any appreciation of the consequence of evermore lethal weapons in our midst," he said. "More guns and more firearm tolerance will mean more homegrown acts of terror.
While advocating for more gun control laws, Brokaw went on to tell the University of Mississippi graduates "the rule of law is inadequate if the rule of heart isn't an equal partner." Assuming that there is such a thing as "rule of heart", how can any person advocate for more law while believing that the rule of law is inadequate?
On the other hand....
Former Interpol chief Ron Noble on the Westgate Mall mass shooting
Ronald K. Noble served as assistant secretary, and then undersecretary for enforcement, at the Treasury Department during the first Clinton administration from 1993 to 1996. This made him the direct supervisor of the main federal gun control agency, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. As such, he played a major role in the Clinton administration’s very aggressive gun control program. This included changing BATF licensing practices for Federal Firearms Licensees to deny the majority of them license renewal.
After that, Noble returned to teaching law at New York University. In 2000, Noble was elected secretary-general of Interpol, the first non-European ever to hold the post. Noble went on to serve three terms as secretary-general, leaving in 2014. He now runs a global security consulting firm based in Dubai, RKN Global DWC LLC.
As Noble explains, his 14 years of close involvement in global counterterrorism changed his perspective on gun control. This week, he has published a video about the 2013 mass shootings at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi. The video, “Armed Citizens Can Help Stop Terrorist Massacres Like Nairobi and Paris,” shows graphic footage of the attack and of the response of armed citizens. During the lengthy and well-planned attack, more than 60 innocent people were murdered. As Noble explains, the death count would have been hundreds more if not for the armed citizens who intervened. As Noble puts it, “This is not an American argument, nor a political argument. In these horrific situations, law-abiding armed citizens have helped protect others and literally saved lives, and the world should be made aware of this reality. . . . In the hands of law-abiding citizens, guns can and do save lives.”
And that's the way it is....
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