Former Fox News dude Bill O’Reilly called the Las Vegas attack the “price of freedom” at a commentary piece at his website.
Here’s what he said, emphasis added:
“…having covered scores of gun-related crimes over the years, I can tell you that government restrictions will not stop psychopaths from harming people.
They will find a way.
Public safety demands logical gun laws but the issue is so polarizing and emotional that little will be accomplished as there is no common ground.
The NRA and its supporters want easy access to weapons, while the left wants them banned.
This is the price of freedom. Violent nuts are allowed to roam free until they do damage, no matter how threatening they are.
The Second Amendment is clear that Americans have a right to arm themselves for protection. Even the loons.”
He has a point here, but it’s tough to think that this is the price for freedom. I would like to think that we could do *something* to limit these kinds of attacks that won’t infringe on our constitutional right to own guns. But maybe he’s right, and this is the best we can do.