Shep Smith: Let’s Not ‘Freak out’ over Ottawa Shooting, Just ‘Lone Wolf’

Shep Smith: Let's Not 'Freak Out' Over Ottawa Shooting (TPM)

Fox News anchor Shep Smith opened his program Wednesday by quoting a member of Canadian parliament who said that the morning shooting in Ottawa "changes everything" in the largely tranquil nation.

A little bit later on his show, Smith offered a powerful rejoinder to that very sentiment, saying "we don't have to change everything about our lives" in the wake of such incidents.

"So, we're talking about one guy, one guy who has changed the focus of a nation for now and the foreseeable future as Canada will be re-evaluating itself and the way it conducts itself — internally and externally — because of the actions of one man on one morning over a period of less than ten minutes. That's how fragile it all is," Smith said, referring to the gunman who opened fired inside Canada's parliament building.