If ever there was an illustration of how an armed citizen can make a difference, it is the case of Jeanne Assam, the brave woman who took out the killer at the New Life Church in Colorado Springs. And yet . . .
On today's Morning Joe, Mika -- in newsreader mode -- dutifully reported the incident. But when Joe Scarborough sought to draw the logical inference, Mika put her anti-gun foot down.
View video here.
JOE SCARBOROUGH: Saved hundreds of lives!
MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Yes, she did.
SCARBOROUGH [taunting]: Hundreds!
BRZEZINSKI: Alright. Police say it appears that shot only wounded Murray, that she only wounded him, and then he possibly took his own life.
SCARBOROUGH: One person with a gun can make a big difference.
BRZEZINSKI: Oh gosh, no! No, no, no.
SCARBOROUGH: Know what I mean? Know what I mean, Willie [Geist]?
WILLIE GEIST: They were quick to point that out yesterday.
BRZEZINSKI: No, no, no, no, no. Camera stays here.
SCARBOROUGH: One person with a gun in the right place can make a big difference.
GEIST [ever the conciliator]: For good and for bad.
SCARBOROUGH: For good and for bad.
BRZEZINSKI: You know, that is the most inane statement I have ever heard.
