During Sunday's CNN State of the Union, Texas Republican Congressman Dan Crenshaw explained to the clueless Dana Bash why increasing security in schools is the most effective way to prevent mass shootings as opposed to more gun control which won't do anything to solve the problem. Constitutional issues aside, it would be impossible to confiscate all the guns in possession in the United States today. Bash doesn't understand this and instead, Crenshaw had to use the analogy of the security at CNN's headquarters to make Bash realize that schools should have security as well.
"The truth of the matter is if we had a minimum of two armed guards or police officers at every single school in America, you‘d probably prevent these from here on out," Crenshaw explained to Bash regarding mass shootings at schools.
Not quite grasping the concept of armed guards, Bash replied "you said that they're random, the one through line in these deaths is that they are shootings. Therefore, they're done by guns and guns are the leading cause of death for children and teens in the U.S."
"So shouldn't helping save the lives of children be a top priority for you as a member of the House majority?" Bash snarked.
"I visit a lot of schools. I do talks at various schools. It's very rare that I go into a school, especially the newer ones, and they don't have some kind of armed police presence there at all times," Crenshaw explained. "So that's a preventive measure that I know will stop this and there was nothing like that in these last few mass shootings. There's no armed guards there."
Bash shot back "So the answer is more guns?"
No, the answer is armed guards," Crenshaw responded. "The answer is armed guards, right armed guards."
Since Bash was not grasping the concept, he brought up CNN's building security "that protect you all at CNN. Is it easy to get into your headquarters at CNN? Absolutely not. There's armed guards there. There's single points of entry."
"You're not going to get rid of guns, and I'm not going to say that people can no longer—that law-abiding citizens cannot defend themselves anymore and exercise their Second Amendment rights and think that's going to stop mass violence. People will figure out other ways to commit mass violence once they've, unfortunately, reached that point in their life.," Crenshaw explained.
Bash still refused to concede the point and realize her gun control agenda will never work. She instead doubled down on her original point against more security in schools: "there was supposed to be armed guards at the schools in both Uvalde in your home state of Texas and Parkland, and that didn't help anything."
She then quickly moved on to another topic before Crenshaw could educate her.
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CNN’s State of the Union
4/2/2023
9:49:00 a.m. EasternREP. DAN CRENSHAW: The truth of the matter is if we had a minimum of two armed guards or police officers at every single school in America, you‘d probably prevent these from here on out.
DANA BASH: Well, you said—
CRENSHAW: That's the truth
BASH: You said that they're random, the one through line in these deaths is that they are shootings. Therefore, they're done by guns and guns are the leading cause of death for children and teens in the U.S.. So shouldn't helping save the lives of children be a top priority for you as a member of the House majority?
CRENSHAW: No, it absolutely should be. Which is why I say I would look to the thing that would absolutely stop this, which is putting armed police officers at every school. I visit a lot of schools. I do talks at various schools. It's very rare that I go into a school, especially the newer ones, and they don't have some kind of armed police presence there at all times. So that's a preventive measure that I know will stop this and there was nothing like that in these last few mass shootings. There's no armed guards there.
BASH: So the answer is more guns?
[crosstalk]
CRENSHAW: So if I’m just looking for actual solutions, that would be it.
BASH: So the answer is more guns?
CRENSHAW: No, the answer is armed guards. The answer is armed guards, right armed guards. The kind of guns that protect the President, that protect you all at CNN. Is it easy to get into your headquarters at CNN? Absolutely not. There's armed guards there. There's single points of entry. I think we should look at our schools as a place that is precious and have the same kind of security that your corporate offices do that we do in Congress. You know if we consider a place to be important where our children go to learn every day, it should have the same level of security as every other place whether it's not whether it's a shopping mall or a corporate office that's hard to get into.
You're not going to get rid of guns, and I'm not going to say that people can no longer—that law-abiding citizens cannot defend themselves anymore and exercise their Second Amendment rights and think that's going to stop mass violence. People will figure out other ways to commit mass violence once they've, unfortunately, reached that point in their life. It's tragic and it's sad and a lot of people. We don't understand what's happening. What's inside their heads, and so we looked at these other solutions that I think aren't viable.
BASH: There was supposed to be armed guards at the schools in both Uvalde in your home state of Texas and Parkland, and that didn't help anything.
