Tom Brokaw echoed ABC on Sunday by blaming the terrorist attack in Orlando Florida on the popularity of guns in America. Twitter is alight with folks weighing in from both sides, people pointing to the Islamic name and others pointing to the use of an AR-15,” he remarked. He went on to say that he hoped a meaningful dialogue would come from the event.
Brokaw spoke well after the FBI announced at a press conference that there were possible ties between the shooter and radical Islam. But Brokaw chose to play it down by simply describing it as, “The worst mass shooting in our country's history.” And exclaimed that, “everything seems to get settled by a gun for whatever reasons.”
Even though Brokaw was quick to blame it on guns he warned that we shouldn’t jump to conclusions:
We don't know whether this was ISIS motivated or just one deranged individual. We don't know yet, and we deserve to know what the motivation may have been before we can engage in a debate that may lead us to some kind of a resolution.
