Michael G. Mullen: “I'm more afraid of the red ink than the red menace.”

I think actually both sides, going back to the beginning of SALT, do not want to destroy the world and that continues.

These weapons are for war; they are not for sport. Assault weapons are designed to kill as many people as possible in the shortest time possible.

It sickened me yesterday to see security personnel, including members of the National Guard forcibly and violently clearing the path through Lafayette Square to accommodate the President's visit outside St. John's Church.

They are not battle spaces to be dominated and must never become so.