I don't doubt that he was genuinely touched by the Newtown tragedy. I do have to wonder about his motives, though. Have never been a fan.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/17/joe-scarborough-newtown-shooting_n_2315100.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopularJoe Scarborough said on Monday that the massacre in Newtown had forced him to rethink his "long-held" belief about gun rights.
In a lengthy monologue, Scarborough talked about how shaken up he had been by the killing of 20 children at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Friday. He noted that his children's ages averaged that of some of the murdered victims.
"From this day forward, nothing can ever be the same again," he said. "... Let this be our true landmark ... politicians can no longer be allowed to defend the status quo."
He said that he was a "conservative Republican" who had been solidly aligned with the NRA during his time in Congress, and had previously held libertarian views on the Second Amendment. But he added that Friday "changed everything":
