[on Gay Ban In The Military:] Heroism,

People Who Travel Should Be On Guard. All Our Military, Our Police And I Think The Word Has Been Spread. And People Know To Be Careful To Watch, To Report. Something That Looks Suspicious To You, Don't Be Embarrassed To Go To An Authority And Say, "look, I Saw This And It Seems Suspicious To Me."

We Have Federal Regulations And State Laws That Prohibit Hunting Ducks With More Than Three Rounds. And Yet It's Legal To Hunt Humans With 15-round, 30-round, Even 150-round Magazines.

And, I Know The Sense Of Helplessness That People Feel. I Know The Urge To Arm Yourself Because That's What I Did. I Was Trained In Firearms. I'd Walk To The Hospital When My Husband Was Sick. I Carried A Concealed Weapon. I Made The Determination That If Somebody Was Going To Try To Take Me Out, I Was Going To Take Them With Me.

Assault Weapons Pose A Grave Threat To All Americans, But Most Especially To Law Enforcement Officers On Our City Streets.

The Criteria For Serving One's Country Should Be Competence, Courage And Willingness To Serve. When We Deny People The Chance To Serve Because Of Their Sexual Orientation, We Deprive Them Of Their Rights Of Citizenship, And We Deprive Our Armed Forces The Service Of Willing And Capable Americans.