Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
Did Schultz wet his pants at that point?
I watched this live on MSNBC (I like to watch Ed and Mathews to see how the ‘enemy’ thinks) and it was obvious that ED was not expecting the kinds of answers that he got. The hero, Joe Zamudio, schooled dimwit Ed on Arizona and guns. When Ed tried to get into the gun control angle, Zamudio told him he had a permit for his gun and ALWAYS carries it with him because of the crazy stuff going on in Tucson. Ed kept at it and Zamudio told him guns were not the problem, that he could get an unregistered gun anytime he wanted, from Mexico, out of the back of a pickup, etc. He said he carries a gun to keep people Like Loughner from messing with his town.
Ed finally was reduced to saying, ‘well, we are out of time here, thanks for coming on the Ed show Joe’. Zamudio presented the perfect antidote to the gun control nuts, he was reasonable, legally owned his weapon, handled the situation well, and was ready to use deadly force if he had to.
I agree with Ed when he says there is a crisis when it comes to the treatment of mental illness in this country. However, it’s very likely we disagree on the methods. He asks if mentally ill people should have access to firearms. The real question, IMO, is whether the severly mentally ill should have access to society.
Mr. Zamudio seems to be a nice young man. His attitude is traditional and American. I liked his response to the question regarding whether he would have shot the bad guy - “You’re damned right I would have. This is my country. This is my town.”
Well-reasoned, restrained, and deliberate.
Not the stereotype that Ed Schultz was looking for.
It would have saved the taxpayers a lot of money if someone had blown this punk away instead of holding him down.
It would have been nice and polite had Ed Schultz learned to pronounce correctly Joe’s last name “Zamudio.” To pronounce “Zamudio” correctly takes no language talent.
What an ass.
In fact, it is down right insulting.
I’ve heard Ed claim several times to be “pro-gun”. However, the minute the left realized their attempt to blame Palin and Limbaugh for the Tucson murders had failed, the switched back to their old standby, gun control. Ed immediately began beating the dead horse of gun control, as did Rachel Maddow, who just a couple of months ago, repeatedly ran footage of herself firing a machinegun. Apparently they know their target audience is too stupid to notice their sudden about face.
One of the leftie TV hosts was interviewing a neighbor woman who had several creepy run-ins with Lochner. He asked “Were you scared of him?”, and she responded, “No, because I’m always armed.” The host (I can’t remember which one it was) stammered like Ralph Kramden and changed the subject.