He’s absolutely correct on this. I’m not a Bush fan and I wish he’d just leave the race but he’s right on this. Stuff happens and every time a crazy goes off doesn’t warrant new bureaucracy. Everything that guy in Oregon did was already illegal. He didn’t have a criminal record nor a bad psychological evaluation that indicated he was a threat and honestly the vast majority of guys that fit his profile are not and never become threats to anyone so the idea that some how we can legislate ourselves to safety is crazy especially if we value the very foundational idea of our legal system which is that one is innocent till proven guilty. We do not just declare someone a criminal because they are weird.
Yes, he is correct, but as usual he gave a weak defense in reaction to the Democrats attacks.
If Jeb has been paying attention, he would know that backing down to those attacks to any degree is the wrong thing to do. So when he defends this, in part, by claiming he wasn’t talking about Oregon in particular, but incidents in general, he basically comes across as a weasel.
What he should have done is to man up, since it’s obvious that he was talking about Oregon - and to say something like this:
Guaranteed, if he reacted that way, he’d move up a few points in the polls. But since he continues to act like a typical politician, his slide will continue. So sorry Jeb, but sh$t happens.