Shep Smith: ‘Nauseating’ How Both Sides of Gun Issue Come Out After Shooting

Fox News Channel anchor Shepard Smith spoke with Fox News Sunday anchor Chris Wallace on Friday about the ongoing investigation into the shooting at Ft. Hood when he expressed his revulsion over the debate over access to guns that follows a mass shooting. He said it was “nauseating” how both sides of the gun issue come out “screaming” largely before the victims have even been buried.

“If somebody wanted to bring a gun up here, you could bring a gun up here,” Smith observed. “You can’t stop every criminal in advance.”

Wallace noted that there is a debate over whether there should be more or fewer guns on military bases and observed that searching every individual who transits into or out of a base for weapons is impossible. He noted that the other side of that argument is to arm all posted service personnel, but Army brass believes that would lead to more incidents of violence.

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“Sometimes bad things happen, and there may not always be a solution to it,” Wallace submitted.

“It’s always kind of depressing, and sometimes kind of nauseating, the way the extremes of this issue — those on one side or the other of this issue — come out screaming before people can even bury their loved ones,” Smith added. “It’s repulsive.”

Wallace concluded by saying that he would side with Army officials in this argument who likely know more about conditions on a military base than the general public.

Watch the clip below via Fox News Channel:

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