Three precious little kids lost their lives, and I believe three adults, I believe us. And the shooter, of course, I lost their life too. So it's a horrible, horrible situation. And we're not going to fix it. Criminals are going to be criminals. And my daddy fought in the Second World War, fought in the Pacific, fought the Japanese, and he told me, he said, buddy, he said,

if somebody wants to take you out and doesn't mind losing their life, there's not a whole

heck of a lot you can do about it.

That is Republican Congressman Tim Burchett of Tennessee reacting to the deadly shooting at an

elementary school in his state, telling reporters that no laws existing or proposed could have prevented

what happened yesterday in Nashville.

It's such a deeply offensive thing to say.

It really is.

I mean, you know, if this had been a Muslim shooter, then we would have seen a thousand bills being proposed for more things that

Homeland Security could do.

And Willie, this whole idea that every time a horrific tragedy like this happens, if you

even talk about trying to do something to make our schools safer for our children. People say, oh, there's

nothing you can do. They say you can do something for everything else but this. And that's why we

find ourselves in a position where our children are afraid to go to school, where parents.

And this is the leading cause of death. This is the leading cause of death.

It's the leading cause of death among children.

You know, it wasn't always that way.

It's hard.

I was explaining to some people a bit younger than me yesterday that when Columbine happened,

there was just such a shock to the system.

That was really the first time something that massive had happened.

And we thought it was a one-off.

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