district judge for more on the implications of the shooting we're joined from or by agents expert t.j. walker now mr walker thank you for joining us at this moment time now you say that this incident will do for public speaking what nine eleven did to airport security what exactly do you mean by that. well that means there's going to be so much more scrutiny for people going to public events the average congressman for years has received death threats these are usually just from kooks and not taken very seriously well now they take on a whole new light and i predict many members of congress are going to be much more skeptical about public speaking events they are going to want the trappings of a presidential speaking about presidents have the elaborate security mechanisms they have security guards secret service they have metal detectors to detect guns so you know unfortunately it's going to really shut down a lot of the communication voters have with their elected officials because elected officials in america are now running scared now you mentioned that for years public officials have rece

people were killed including a nine year old girl and a district court judge communications expert t.j. walker says this incident will force politicians to distance themselves from the public. there's going to be so much more scrutiny for people going to public events the average congressman for years has received death threats these are usually just from kooks and not taken very seriously well now they take on a whole new light and i predict many members of congress are going to be much more skeptical about public speaking events they're going to want the trappings of a presidential speaking event presidents have these elaborate security mechanisms they have security guards secret service they have metal detectors to detect guns so you know unfortunately it's going to really shut down a lot of the communication voters have with their elected officials because that elected officials in america are now running scared americans have passionate love affair and it's basically politically impossible for any politician to try to propose limiting handguns and just recently rules were rewritten to let

consultant it t.j. walker says it would be a very tough task to cool down america's liking for firearms americans how passionate love affair and it's basically politically impossible for any politician to try to propose living. just recently rules are written to let people bring guns into schools in arizona so that is an extraordinarily difficult political challenge because the gun lobby basically controls congress in america and local legislators as well. afghanistan now where the u.s. army is training a local militia to help fight the taliban and while the strategy appears to be working in some areas there are few think that's going to back to us is just a more. as the southern gateway to kabul and home to a long stretch of afghanistan's national highway has been the focal point of the taliban's comeback in recent years in early two thousand and nine but we're stretched afghan forces were struggling to hold back some military planners decided to raise a local militia to help cover the most dangerous gaps the