BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says the terror attacks in Paris would have been “a much, much different situation” had the victims been armed with guns.
And he says the United States is “insane” to accept any refugees from Syria in the wake of the attacks.
Trump is speaking at a rally in Beaumont, Texas.
He began the event with a moment of silence in honor of the victims of the attacks.
French officials say more than 120 people are dead and hundreds more injured after the series of coordinated bombings and shootings.
Trump also criticized President Barack Obama’s handling of the Islamic State group, saying that the U.S. should be more aggressive in its approach.
He has been calling for the U.S. to destroy oil fields the group controls.
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Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!
We have a winner! And here I thought Carson’s “if the Jews had guns, WW II would have been different” would be the top of the top. I may have been wrong though.
I think that if the citizens of Hiroshima and Nagasaki had guns, things would have worked out much differently, too.
Yes, Donald, the Paris attacks would’ve been “much, much different” if victim’s had guns; Paris life itself would “much, much different” if every Parisian who might ever be victimized were already packing heat. You should use your yuuuge influence and personal charm to convince the appropriate French officials to change their gun laws. Do you prefer open or concealed carry?
donald trump = stupity squared
What he means is that the citizens could have maned the boarder, just like our governors in the right to carry states hope will happen to prevent the refuges from entering.