Rep. Rutherford: What Secures Our Children Is a Good Guy with a Gun to Stop a Bad Guy with a Gun

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RUTHERFORD: "Listen, I think it’s very important, Harris, because, listen, as I always said as a sheriff, 'I don’t want to be the first responder to a mass casualty event. I want to prevent that horrific incident before it occurs.' And so my focus is always going to be on prevention. That’s why this bill focuses on that. I also want to talk to the President about once all these other layers of security fail, and there is that possibility. What secures our children in that school is someone on those grounds with — a good guy with a gun to stop a bad guy with a gun. We need that now whether those are police officers, school resource officers, teachers in rural areas. Harris, one size does not fit all in this situation. You have very rural areas, you have very urban areas. The needs are going to be different and we need to recognize that."