Louie Gohmert: “When someone with the service of my friend from Louisiana, Mr. Higgins, pays tribute, you know it is somebody worthy…”

“When someone with the service of my friend from Louisiana, Mr. Higgins, pays tribute, you know it is somebody worthy, because my friend from Louisiana served with distinction in the United States Army, wearing the uniform of this country. He served as a law enforcement officer. He knows about serving, protecting others, and a willingness to lay down his life for others. It has been deeply touching to have seen accounts of what is going on in Las Vegas. To understand what I have seen in my years as a prosecutor, judge, and chief justice, when everyone is running away from the sound of a gun, first responders and law officers are running into harm's way to help and protect others. It was Jesus who said, ``Greater love has no one than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.'' Those who wear the uniform, as my friend has, of law officer and in the military, they know what that means. My 4 years in Active Duty in the Army, we were not in combat, but Jesus was right. There were so many there in Las Vegas that put their own lives on the line for the sake of the lives of others. There are others that couldn't wait to rush to a microphone to demand: Gun control, gun control. I am waiting for them to rush to the mic and scream: Knife control, knife control. Or after a van is used as the weapon: Van control, van control.…”