Father of Oregon Shooting Survivor: Obama’s Visit All About Pushing Gun Control

KELLY: “Well, among those residents raising questions about the President's visit on Friday is Stacy Boylan, he is the father of Ana Boylan who managed to survive a near-fatal encounter with this gunman. She is recovering from a gunshot wound to her back tonight. Her father Stacy Boylan joins me now. Stacy, welcome back to ‘The Kelly File.’ Your thoughts on President Obama's visit this Friday and the suggestion that this is a politicization of the tragedy?”

BOYLAN: “Well, I do believe it was Rahm Emanuel who said never, let a good tragedy go to waste.  And I really feel that his visit here is completely to support his gun control agenda. I can't understand why he wouldn't make a mention of the families and the victims. Maybe he did say it was a tragic, you know, incident and I do thank him for lowering the flags. But he made it all about gun control and he was very clear about that. And, you know, we saw this in Sandy Hook and now we're seeing it again. And I just question his motives.”

KELLY: “As a Second Amendment supporter, and I know you say Anna is, as well, how does it make you feel?”

BOYLAN: “You know, my position on this is that, you know, gun-free zones are a problem. They're an issue. They're a target for crazy people because they know they're not going to be met with resistance. You know, my daughter said to me, you know, what if somebody would have had a gun?  You know, gun free and gun control takes that option off the table.  Somebody doesn't have to use their gun in defense, but to take away that option entirely, I don't think that's the right course.”

KELLY: “When the President comes on Friday, will you visit if he wants to visit with family members? Will you see him?”

BOYLAN: “I've spoken for my family and for myself and for my daughter and son, on principle, I find that we -- I am, you know, in disagreement with this policies on gun control and therefore, we will not be attending the visit.”

KELLY: “How is Ana?”

BOYLAN: “I'm sorry, what was that?”

KELLY: “How is Ana doing tonight?”

BOYLAN: “Ana is recovering from her physical wounds. We are now, you know, of course, dealing with, you know, the aftermath of all of this. The dust is starting to settle, but you know, there's still a lot of interest in this event. And emotionally, she's processing. And we're just all being there to support her. And again, I thank all of the citizens, the people in Roseburg and in Springfield, the hospital of course, all the outpouring of support has been incredible in the healing process. And I've also, you know, I grieve for the loss of the lives that were taken on that day.”

KELLY: “So much hate was expressed late last week and yet so much love from those community members in the aftermath. Thank you for being here tonight, Stacy.”

BOYLAN: “Thank you, Megyn.”