Since the tragic events in Arizona unfolded on Saturday the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the six victims who were killed and the 14 others who were wounded has quickly become politicized. My own view is that it's a mistake to politicize this attack.
One of the problems of a free society is that one crazy person can do something like this.
If we took all the steps necessary to prevent this attack we would either not be able to meet with our elected officials or a lot of people we only think are crazy would be in jail -- locked up.
All this talk of "watching our language" in public debate runs counter to freedom of speech and ignores the fact that in a country of 300 million people there was only 1 person who didn't grasp that speech is speech -- that you don't use a gun in a debate.
We can not create a free society in which there is no chance of a tragedy like this.
Joe Trippi is a Fox News contributor and political strategist who worked for Ted Kennedy, Walter Mondale and Gary Hart and turned Howard Dean into an unlikely front runner in 2004. For more visit JoeTrippi.com.
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