Mrs. Kyle does make some interesting points about the direction the country has been traveling when it comes to violent crime but stops short of reasonable when she says we should be celebrating the dropping murder rates in our country. The president agreed that we don’t put enough emphasis on the good that we’ve done, but that’s because there’s still so much horror happening every day.
He’s right. We can’t simply say, “hooray for us, we kill fewer people than we did in 1985, let’s stop worrying about it!” We have to remain vigilant and continue to institute policies that will bring the violent crime rates even lower over the NEXT 2 decades as well. The president’s actions are a part of that plan and a part of his ongoing commitment to make America safer.
Watch the entire exchange between President Obama and “American Sniper” widow Taya Kyle below:
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