“In my lifetime, we h ave lost
a President,
a Civil Rights leader and a Presidential candidate — all to gun violence.
Another President was shot and survived the ordeal, while his press secretary was paralyzed for life.
These are not left-right issues; they are not political correctness issues; they are human issues concerning life and death.
I am not suggesting you would pick up a gun and shoot anyone; I am suggesting that there are other people who would, however, and in your position as a leading political figure you are stoking fires — regardless of your intention — that are simply too dangerous to be safely stoked.”