Political Quotes

“As I said, I recently visited a couple of inner-city schools and there are metal detectors at the front doors. I do not doubt that there are students who will decide, maybe, to bring a weapon to school because they feel threatened. But that is precisely the wrong thing to have happen. We must find ways to keep all guns out of schools. It is hard to be moderate on this question. It is hard to be moderate because I have talked to kids in the schools. I just had a kid say to me a month ago ``You do not understand.'' This is 16-year-old kid who said: You do not understand. You might look at someone sideways and that person thinks you smirked at them, and you might get a bullet after school. You might be the victim of a terrible crime. You do not understand what this is all about. You've got to avoid looking at people. You've got to avoid giving somebody the impression you are giving them the wrong look. You've got to stay out of trouble. You've got to avoid all kinds of circumstances. ``It's a tough life,'' he told me. I do not know how I would react, nor do most of you in those same circumstances. But I tell you how we should react. No one who wants protection should be allowed to bring a gun to school for protection. We certainly ought to weed out those kids who would bring guns to school to terrorize others.”