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Student To Brian Williams: Banning Guns Just Creates A Higher Demand; Won't Prevent School Shootings
Real Clear Politics ^ | 2/16/2018 | Ian Schwartz

Posted on 02/17/2018 2:46:45 PM PST by simpson96

Brandon Minoff, a student at a Florida high school shooting on Wednesday, was interviewed by MSNBC's Brian Williams from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Williams asked the kid what he would do about school shooting if he were a lawmaker.

Minoff instantly replied, "gun-wise, I don't think there's any way to prevent it. You outlaw guns, just creates higher demand for it."

"So what was your reaction when you heard that it was him?" Williams asked.

"I wasn't surprised, but it was kind of unfortunate to hear," the high school senior answered.

"If you were a lawmaker, an adult in a decision-making position, how would you stop, do you think, the kind of thing that happened today? A kid who had been thrown out, comes back with a weapon, and takes out whatever grievance he's been walking around with in his head?" Williams asked.

"Gun-wise, I don't think there's any way to prevent it," Minoff said. "You outlaw guns, just creates higher demand for it."

"I think it has to do with mental health, though," he said. "If he's been expelled three different times, from three different schools, I think he should be helped out."

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KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banglist; brandonminoff; brianwilliams; florida; msnbc; nra; secondamendment
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To: simpson96

“I led several students to a room which I had fortified on my own with Trapper Keepers and threw myself into the line of fire to protect those children with no regard for my own safety,”

-Brian Williams


21 posted on 02/17/2018 4:07:21 PM PST by digger48
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To: Wonder Warthog
"Journalists" are always surprised by truth, because they so seldom run across it, and certainly never speak it.

And when they do stumble across it they quickly pick themselves up, dust themselves off and pretend that nothing happened.

22 posted on 02/17/2018 4:07:40 PM PST by TigersEye (13 Russian Facebook trolls ... and a Siberian partridge in a Russian Olive tree.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

LOL!!! I knew I shoulda read the comments before I posted #21


23 posted on 02/17/2018 4:09:14 PM PST by digger48
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To: simpson96

I noticed from interviews that there are quite a few well-poised well-spoken students at that school. They were giving good accounts of their experiences without stumbling, searching for words or speaking in slang. Impressive given the trauma they had just been through.

Perhaps they were selected out for that but the press hasn’t done than in previous situations like this. They usually stick a microphone in front of anyone who is willing to speak.


24 posted on 02/17/2018 4:19:28 PM PST by TigersEye (13 Russian Facebook trolls ... and a Siberian partridge in a Russian Olive tree.)
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To: simpson96

I think if he was expelled 3 times, he should be enrolled in a prison like school until he graduates or get in even worse trouble, which means adult prison.

Terrorist threats were committed by this person, long before the deadly recent episode.

He should have been locked up.


25 posted on 02/17/2018 4:38:56 PM PST by truth_seeker
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To: Fred Hayek

I’m surprised they didn’t pre-screen his answer to make sure it fit the narrative.


26 posted on 02/17/2018 6:23:26 PM PST by LeoTDB69
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To: simpson96

Banning guns will give a president like hillary a perfect opportunity to march the Christians to the gas chambers.


27 posted on 02/17/2018 6:58:40 PM PST by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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