Craig Thomas, co-creator and executive producer of CBS sitcom “How I Met Your Mother,” had a close call today at Los Angeles International Airport that has him calling for an “emotional, not political” look at more strict gun control laws in the United States.
My thoughts go out to the family of the TSA agent who was killed, as well as the others who were injured…
— Craig Thomas (@HimymCraig) November 1, 2013
Thanks to all the law enforcement officers who acted quickly to get the situation under control…
— Craig Thomas (@HimymCraig) November 1, 2013
This was a terrifying experience I will never forget…
— Craig Thomas (@HimymCraig) November 1, 2013
I feel lucky to be alive and grateful for how many amazing people are in my life
— Craig Thomas (@HimymCraig) November 1, 2013
Only just catching my breath from this — I feel for the injured and the deceased…that could most certainly have been me instead.
— Craig Thomas (@HimymCraig) November 1, 2013
It's one thing to see a story like Sandy Hook and know in your head that we have to do something about guns in our country…
— Craig Thomas (@HimymCraig) November 1, 2013
It's another thing to run for your life and wonder if you'll ever see your wife and child and friends again…
— Craig Thomas (@HimymCraig) November 1, 2013
The shot of the gunman's enormous rifle on the ground is about 40 feet from where I was sitting — just so scary…
— Craig Thomas (@HimymCraig) November 1, 2013
That would be terrifying, and video from the scene shows the panic and terror that swept through the terminal. Would even more strict gun control laws be able to eliminate the fear, though? Thomas notes that his appeal for tougher gun restrictions is based on emotion, not politics.
Let sensible gun control happen NOW — how many more times, honestly, how many more times must this happen?
— Craig Thomas (@HimymCraig) November 1, 2013
Sorry to get political but it's not politics, it's emotions — I could've died and I feel remorse for the person who did instead of me…
— Craig Thomas (@HimymCraig) November 1, 2013
I love America. Let's join so many other great nations in getting better about gun control. Let's continue evolving as a nation…
— Craig Thomas (@HimymCraig) November 1, 2013
It should be the most rigorous, thorough, meticulous, fastidious, painstaking thing in the world to get a gun in America…but it's not.
— Craig Thomas (@HimymCraig) November 1, 2013
Getting a gun isn’t exactly easy, and all Obamacare jokes aside, it’s not easier to kill someone with a gun than to get health insurance, despite what Bette Midler says.
My wife's not even on Twitter (and thank god my son isn't) but I just want to say that I love them more than life itself…
— Craig Thomas (@HimymCraig) November 1, 2013
I was flying to meet them in NYC – instead I am stuck here in LA!
— Craig Thomas (@HimymCraig) November 1, 2013
Weird day, guys…
— Craig Thomas (@HimymCraig) November 1, 2013
New thought: Let's all approach gun control like we've all, every one of us, run for our lives from gun fire – what would our laws be then?
— Craig Thomas (@HimymCraig) November 1, 2013
Not political: emotional
— Craig Thomas (@HimymCraig) November 1, 2013
That’s a thought, but it implies that guns have never been used in defense. We’ve also heard horrifying stories of women being raped in campus “safe zones” who were denied the right to carry concealed weapons. What if gun laws were passed from that perspective, and not from the perspective of men who think women should arm themselves with whistles and use the buddy system as self-defense?
To folks tweeting at me that "stricter gun control doesn't work," let's try it first, then discuss!
— Craig Thomas (@HimymCraig) November 1, 2013
Try it first? Try what first? And if it doesn’t work? America’s not the best at rolling back infringements on freedoms once they’ve been curtailed.
England, Canada, Japan, Scotland, Germany — other countries have tried it…how doesn't it work again? http://t.co/vZcsO0mr8U
— Craig Thomas (@HimymCraig) November 1, 2013
And by "folks" tweeting at me that "stricter gun control doesn't work," I mean, like 2 people. So there's that.
— Craig Thomas (@HimymCraig) November 1, 2013
To quote an awesome HIMYM fan, "Suit up, guns down," is my favorite quote of the day.
— Craig Thomas (@HimymCraig) November 1, 2013
— Craig Thomas (@HimymCraig) November 1, 2013
Guns down? Sounds good, but criminals — you first.
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