I would much rather that she had been armed and that he had been killed instead of her, and that may sound like a harsh judgment, but I do agree that if you're faced with somebody who is homicidal and evil, who is trying to do something terrible, there are times in fact that only counterforce works.
Newt Gingrich expresses his belief in the necessity of armed defense in the face of violence.
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The greatest problem Washington has today is its inability to learn what works and what fails in the real world.
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