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Every time this happens, nobody ever pays attention. We never resolve the issue. And then of course, it takes an hour or less before the left in this country is politicizing a school shooting. And it's the same predictable people every single time. And these are the same people that support the sanctuary, supported the sanctuary state and city policies and open borders policies that allowed known terrorists, murderers, rapists, other violent criminals, cartel members, gang members, drug dealers into our country to the tune of 12 to 14 million people or 20 million people, we don't know the number. And lecture us all the time about the rights of the so called illegals. And we're getting, you know, really the same people for the last how many weeks have been furious with Donald Trump because Donald Trump took a look at what was going on around our nation's capital? If you look at every country and their capital city, you know, why does America have the number one homicide rate of any other country in the entire world? Baghdad is safer. San Salvador is safer. Mexico City is safer. You can go down the list. And on top of that, the numbers we have are nowhere near the numbers of what the reality is because we find out they've been cooking the books in cities like D.C. and allegations of fixing the books in cities like New York City. So we don't even know. And it's just the same old predictable people making the same predictable comments. Let me tell you what we do know, and obviously it's an evolving story. The police chief of Minneapolis, Brian o'. Hara. And I don't know if I could really. We were expecting Tim Walls to do a press conference at 3:30. I don't know how much of this I can take from him because of, you know, his radical positions and the things that he even said in the last week at the DNC conference. I mean it's like dumb and dumber and stupid and it's, and this is what is frustrating me because people, you know, we didn't, we didn't need to have two dead children today. They were 8 and 10 years old. These parents now will never see their children again. Imagine being that parent and having to live your life the rest of your life. Tell me, you think you'll let these parents will ever be the same again. Probably not. Probably not. I've talked to, I've interviewed over the years. I have met more parents that have lost children and almost without exception, they are never the same people again. You talk to the people they're closest to, the people they know, the people they love. You know, they're never the same people again anyway. We have two children dead. We have 17 others injured. It was during this shooting reported at the Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis. Brian o', Hara, the Minneapolis police chief confirming such as these kids were sitting in the pews. 17 people, 14 children included in the number of 17. This guy responsible, which we'll get to in a minute, had a long criminal record. Apparently his mother worked at the school. According to one report that we read. Tim Walls acknowledging the incident, expressing concern, offering prayers. Kristi Noem stated, the Department of Homeland Security is actively monitoring the situation. The Minneapolis mayor is actively monitoring the situation. You know, the thing is, and I'm going to, I might as well start here because it matters, you know, I don't care. You can take it all the way back to Columbine, any of the school shootings that we've all covered. And you got to ask yourself how do you prevent school shootings? And I think I've got the answer. And you don't have to be an MIT graduate, a Havid graduate, to come up with simple, basic, common sense solutions that would work. Number one, every school in the country needs a metal detector. Period, end of sentence. And you have to control the entry of kids going into school. Number two, I would hire. Now you can do this without paying people. Stay with me. Retired military, retired law enforcement can be hired. And every school can have undercover, you know, guys in suits, conceal, carry, and you control the entry into schools. And everybody has to go in an entrance way. You have an exit strategy if, God forbid, there's a fire or people need to get out. There's ways that you can protect the school, protect the perimeter, protect every person that has access to the school. And you have people on site and you don't have to wait for even the best police response to deal with a school shooter. That's number one. It's preventable. How do you pay these guys? Well, you don't have to actually pay them. I would argue that if retired police, retired military, the trained people, the best of the best, I would imagine probably in every small town and big city across our great country that if they were given the opportunity to maybe volunteer 10, 12, 15 hours a week and you get a number of people in every. Every school district, every school in every town, and you offer them these benefits. No local taxes they'd ever have to pay on either retirement money or money that their income that they're bringing in. No taxes at all, local taxes, no state taxes, no federal income tax. If they volunteer X number of hours every year, if they serve X number of years, maybe it's five years, maybe it's 10 years, then they don't have an estate tax either, and they get to do whatever they want with the money. That would be a way creative, out of the box and maybe offer them a benefit program that would cost something, but you could protect every school and prevent any more children from dying in our school systems. And then we wouldn't have to listen to the all too predictable, you know, blame of guns and the gun argument, which happened within seconds. And I'll get to that in a second. The New York Post is pointing out the gunman that slaughtered these kids and injured 17 others who were attending this morning Mass, apparently as a disturbing video believed to have been posted by the shooter. The New York Post reports it may show this has not been confirmed by anyone else. They're saying maybe kill Donald Trump and, quote, for the children. But anyway, the person, the individual has been identified as Robin Westman, early 20s, opened fire through the stained glass windows of this Catholic church. Police are investigating whether a series of pretty sick YouTube videos shared on an account hours before the shooting were connected to this guy. We'll find out probably more in the course of the day and have it for you by tonight. Now, The Catholic School KARE Channel 11 NBC News in Minneapolis. They are identifying this person, Robin as formerly Robert Westman. Court documents, they are reporting show that when she was 17, Westman applied in Dakota county to change her birth name from Robert to Robin. The New York Post initially it said the individual went by Robert or Robin. They've taken it a step further and they're saying the court documents show that when she was 17, applied to Dakota county, changed her birth name from Robert to Robin, which may raise questions. And I will tell you this, we are an over prescribed society. I don't know if it's applicable in this case. I want to be very clear. But if young people are on all sorts of medications today for attention deficit adhd, antidepressant medicines and so on and so forth, often after school shootings, we find out that these kids are on these medications. Is there a link? I'm not a medical doctor, I'm not a scientist. Do I think there should be an investigation? I do. Was this individual transitioning? Did hormones play a part in this? I don't know. Back to the New York Post. Minneapolis Catholic school gunman ID'd as Robin Westman. While possible manifesto shows an obsession with mass shooters. That's what they're reporting. We know a witness described the gunfire as, quote, going on for eternity. This guy, Bill Biernman, who lives in the area surrounding Annunciation Catholic School, heard from a witness, presumably in the church, that it sounded like the gunfire went on, quote, for eternity. He told Fox News that he could hear sporadic gunfire, said he was shocked and thought there was no way that could be gunfire. Again, we've identified the individual. Sean Duffy, expressing condolences that just crossed the wire. The ATF now is completing tracing of firearms found at the Minneapolis church. He did kill himself in the process of this and this individual is dead. School safety expert is breaking down lessons from the latest shooting. You know, we have, you know, retired FBI officials, you know, giving their assessment, you know, that rapid response is great, but it doesn't matter if you have the best police rapid response team in the world and the best response time, by the time they get there, whatever was going to happen already happened and maybe continuing to happen until they can actually find the individual inside of the school. I mean, so even the best police response teams, that's why you need people on the ground in every school around the country, undercover trained, former military, former law enforcement. And this problem will, for the most part, I can't think of a scenario where it won't work, will go away. And now to the predictable, you know, liberal, left wing, you know, blame game, politicizing this type of thing, it makes me sick to my stomach because I'm so tired of it, you know, And I had this debate with former New York City mayor Comrade de Blasio last night. The cities with the most homicide per hundred thousand and the political party, they're all Democrats, the very same people I am about to mentioned to you. And an AP poll found that 81% of Americans see crime in major cities as a major problem. We'll get into more detail of that in a minute. You know, there is nutty Newsome. This guy with the highest income taxes, the highest sales taxes, highest gas taxes, no water in fire hydrants. When you have predictable wildfires in California, predictable Santa Ana winds in California, a reservoir that the fire department could use was empty and only 100 plus permits have been granted. Over 13,000 homes were destroyed. And he couldn't get out there fast enough politicizing this event, you know, less than two hours. We can't even make it through the first week of school without mass shootings. And the GOP will continue to do absolutely nothing while our kids are being gunned down. Sorry, Gavin. Your sanctuary state, your sanctuary cities within your state, you sat there and said nothing. Your party lied to us repeatedly that the border is closed and the border is secure, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. You said it again and again and again. Everybody in your party said it. You didn't stand up and say, wait a minute, that's not true. And the truck driver that killed three people came through your sanctuary state of California. You're going to politicize this? Really? I wonder if Gavin Newsom has armed guards around him the way Comrade de Blasio did when I interviewed him and had a debate with him over whether or not every New Yorker should have the same protection that he has in terms of personal safety and security. But the same people that said nothing. And we're complicit as far as I'm concerned. The same people aiding and abetting illegal immigrants. You know, Californians are paying tens of billions of dollars for illegal immigrants and their healthcare and their education and the criminal justice system. It's insane. You know, and within hours you're politicizing this circle back. Jen Psaki is out there saying when kids are getting shot in the pews at a Catholic school mass and your crime plan is to have National Guard put mulch down around D.C. maybe Jen Psaki for once could stop lying and educate herself and tell her audience, as small as it might be, the truth for once, which is Donald Trump's crackdown and use of the National Guard has lowered every major crime category in our nation's capital. It has been an incredible success. The very same people that support Defund, dismantled no bail laws, reimagine the police lunatics. Let's replace police with social workers are going to lecture us when an incident like this happened? When they've been bitching and moaning and groaning and complaining for how many days now about Donald Trump deploying the National Guard? You've got to be kidding me. It's all preventable. Everybody should. Everybody should. Once and for all, let's put an end to this. No more school shootings. I don't want to report them. 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It's one of those things that we kind of have the information, we know what's, what's there. But here we go again. It's all too predictable. School shootings. You know, we, we get into the background of these kids, you see all the warning signs were there. Nobody paid attention to them. But that's neither here nor there. There are proactive measures that could be taken that will save lives and, and then the predictable politicizing of a school shooting by people that have nothing but an agenda. The same people that are for open borders and lied to us about open borders for four years. The same people that support sanctuary cities and states. The same people that have been screaming bloody murder that Donald Trump was cracking down on crime in D.C. so predictable. We expect that the governor, I tell you, I just don't think I can really handle those people that are out there so quickly rushing to judgment to politicize a tragedy. And that's what it is. But at some point we've got to ask ourselves what is the answer? What is the solution? We like to provide solutions to problems. Now, Donald Trump, looking at our nation's capital, we are in terms of capital cities of every country on Earth, Washington, D.C. is by far the number one homicide capital of any other compared to any other country on the face of the earth. Now, we have recorded 41 homicides per 100,000 annually. But we know it's a lot more than that because they average 3.6 homicides a week. At least they did in the last year. Last year, we have statistics for 3.6. Donald Trump, because of law enforcement and the presence of law enforcement, was able to prevent a homicide for nearly two weeks. And every other category of crime is down precipitously because of Donald Trump deploying the National Guard and putting out there a strong police presence. We have heard nothing from the left as they cling to the idiocy of open borders and defund, dismantle, no bail laws. You know, people like Mamdani, you know, wants to put social workers in the jobs that police officers used to handle. I mean, how does that work? Sir, I know you're threatening to kill everybody on the subway. Is there something in your childhood that perhaps may have triggered you to have these, these feelings and these emotions? Today, I am here to talk to you about it. That person's probably going to get killed first. It's just so idiotic and dumb and stupid. You know, AP poll come, comes out. And then again, that's what's frustrating because then the first predictable thing that people are going to do, they're either going to blame Trump, they're going to blame the gun. And you know, the answer to protecting you. What is your solution if something happens in a moment like this? I have nothing but deep respect for law enforcement. But even the best response time, the best response time, let's say they get there in three minutes. How many people you can kill in three minutes? You know, untold numbers of people. You know, how many innocent people will get injured in three minutes. And that would be the best case scenario in terms of a response time. And we've got to just be realistic here. You got to be real. Now Americans are looking at big cities and crime. You know, this, this idiot mayor in Chicago, we have been scrolling the names of people shot and shot and killed every weekend. I mean, for a while, we'd scroll the names of the people, names you've never heard before. Why? Because we don't make a big deal about it. Democrats only make a big deal about an issue. If they can weaponize it and politicize it, that's it. Otherwise, they try to just bury it five times in a row. Liberal Joe, of all people, asking this idiot mayor in Chicago, you know, would 5,000 extra police officers keep people safer in the city of Chicago? You don't have to go to Harvard, an Ivy League school. You don't have to go to MIT and be a math job genius to figure out 5,000 more cops is going to save lives. You don't have to be that smart to Figure that out. You don't have to be that smart to understand you cannot allow millions and millions and millions of unvetted illegals into our country knowing this country has top geopolitical foes. We had, you know, people coming from over 200 countries. We don't know the exact number. Estimates anywhere from 12 to 20 million unvetted Harris Biden, mayorkas illegals they allowed in the country. We do know this. We know among them were known terrorists. We know among them murderers. Just ask Lake and Riley's family, Rachel Morin's family, Jocelyn Nungary's family. We know that women have been raped. We know that there have been plenty of other Americans victims of violent crime, many of it caught on tape. And for four years running, Democrats said the border's closed, the border secure, borders closed. They just lied to us. They don't care. You know, the party that's defending the so called rights of illegals like Abrego Garcia, his wife, wife is accusing him of being a wife beater. Been in the country 10 years, you know, confirmed Ms. 13 gang member according to the DHS. Also law enforcement saying they got him with drugs and money and all sorts of things and you know, he's the cause celeb for liberal Democrats, the poster child of, you know, Donald Trump's immigration policies, which is are simply to build a wall, prevent illegal immigration, vet people that come into this country, make sure they don't have radical associations, a health check, make sure that these people that come into this country are not going to be a financial burden on American taxpayers. Look at California, look at Medi Cal, look at the services that go to illegal immigrants in that sanctuary state. You know, tens and tens of billions of dollars over the years and guess what? They're running tens and tens of billions of dollars in budget deficits even though they have the highest income tax of any state, the highest sales tax of any state, the highest gas tax of any state. No wonder why they're leading the nation with people leaving. The state has nothing to do with the geography. It has everything to do with the quality of life. You go to a target, you want to buy something. Yeah, good luck finding a clerk to open up the locked, you know, razor that you're trying to buy. Something innocuous and inexpensive. If it's not locked down and bolted down, you're just going to walk out with it. But as long as it's not over $1,000, nobody's going to stop them. Gavin Newsom was surprised to see that he's Too busy trolling Trump and being the alter ego of Donald Trump to solve problems and give, you know, building permits to people in the Pacific palisades. You have 13,000 homes burned to the ground, which, by the way, maybe wouldn't have been burned to the ground if they had fire hydrants that had water in them and a reservoir that was full and not empty. You know, you would think with the highest taxes, oh, it's got to be a great state with great services. No, they have, like, the worst schools in the country. They have out of control crime, homelessness, you know, outdoor, you know, drug dens everywhere. And, you know, the Democrats find themselves on the wrong side of immigration, the wrong side of law and order and safety and security. What have I been saying all week as we've been debating this issue of DC and crime? That if you don't have law and order and safety and security, if you don't have it, you cannot pursue happiness. It is a prerequisite to pursuing happiness. Unbelievable. AP poll. Oh. A whopping 81% of Americans see crime as a major problem in large cities, a concern that Donald Trump has responded to by deploying the National Guard. People want law and order. This idiot. New York Governor Kathy Hochul telling Trump there's no need for more National Guard troops in New York City. Three thugs slash, beat and rob a man on Tony Astor Place is according to 1010 wins in New York City. Our policies are working, she said. NYPD is doing their job. And you have this other idiot running for mayor that wants to replace police with social workers. Then you have these other people politicizing this right out of the gate. They politicize it. You know, within an hour, people are politicizing it. Unbelievable. Gavin Newsom, that idiot Jen Psaki. Circle back. Jen Psaki. What about all the times her beloved president, the cognitive mess, Joe Biden happened then? And by the way, will any of them support the death penalty? President Trump directing federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty in D.C. murder cases. Amy Klobuchar blaming Republicans for the shooting in Minneapolis. All the work we've done to ban these automatic rifles and do something when it comes to crime and background checks, well, I think I've got a pretty good solution. And by the way, the same people that support Defund, dismantled no bail laws, reimagine the police open borders. Now we're going to get lectures from all of them about school shootings. By the way, it was the second mass shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school this week. You didn't hear about the first One. One person dead, six others injured after a gunman opened fire in a group of people on a Minneapolis sidewalk. You know, I wonder if they're defunding and dismantling there. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, the dope that he is blasting Trump's crime crackdown, but he, you know, making excuses for the shooters when 109 Chicago residents shot over the Fourth of July weekend in 2024. The result of generations of disinvestment and deep disenfranchisement. How did these dumb people get elected? How is it possible? They are dumb. Charlie in Rhode Island. What's up, Charlie?
Caller Robert
The backstop, what you said, and that was off the top of your head. It was a simple fix.
Sean Hannity
It's not complicated. I want to save lives. If somebody has a better idea, I will, I will, I will say your idea is better than mine. Let's go with your idea.
Caller Robert
We need to declare children a precious commodity and treat them as such and do everything that you said. There's enough.
Sean Hannity
It's simple. Retired law enforcement, retired military. Every school, metal detectors. Secure the perimeter, make sure criminals can't sneak in and get into a school. Guess what? There won't be any more school shootings. And you can probably, you know, just. They don't have to pay local, state or federal taxes. And if they do it long enough with enough hours, they don't get any estate tax. Boom. Done. Won't cost us a penny, for crying out loud. Done.
Caller Robert
Anyway, alone would fix it.
Sean Hannity
I agreed. Anyway, appreciate the call. Charlie. If you get a chance, go to the Black Pearl in Newport. You're going to love their clam chatter. Heather in Tennessee. Hey, Heather, how are you?
Caller Heather
Hey, Sean. I teach at a Christian school very close to Covenant. In fact, some of our students are Covenant kids that progress on to our higher grades. And we're very lucky and blessed at our school that we have a pretty good security plan and wonderful security team and we have the funding for that. But there are a lot of schools that don't. And so, first of all, I think that the idea of having retired veterans and police officers, there are so many folks that I know that are retired veterans that would love to even volunteer. So if we had some sort of a vetting process that was established so that we knew we had the right people in there that were volunteering to offer protection. But also, I would love to see teachers be able to have Burna guns. I know you advertise them and.
Sean Hannity
Exactly. It's legal in all 50 states. That's such a good idea. I love when people call it good ideas. Heather, I'm not being short with you. Let's go to this idiot. Governor Tim Walz.
Caller Heather
Yes.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey
So I ask the rest of folks around the country who are watching, keep us in your thoughts and prayers, but also keep us in the thoughts for action. Keep us in the ideas that we can work together. And it's on these days like this, I, I think, and I hope we can hold on to it. We are unified as a community. Everybody across the country today is part of the Annunciation Parish and they're with those families. With that Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Fry.
Sean Hannity
Thank you, Governor. Throughout the morning, we have seen this extraordinary Minneapolis family step up in thousands of different ways. All right. I actually have to, you know, do a mea culpa. He wasn't awful as always, not like Newsom and Psaki and Klobuchar. Robert, Arkansas, what's on your mind?
Caller Robert
I was just wondering, I mean, it would be a good idea. Every, every large city has hundreds of schools. We have hundreds, also have hundreds of police stations, substations, small stations. We already own the buildings that the schools are in and we pay rent or right now are buying buildings for the substations. Why would you not give a couple of classrooms to the police to put a substation in the schools? That way there would be a couple of police cars in the parking lot, there'd be police presence in the school and the kids would get to know the officers in person rather than, hey, you're under arrest.
Sean Hannity
See, this is what I love about my audience. And thank you, Robert, for the call. You're a genius. You really are. Because that's a genius idea. I would do that in a heartbeat. There are solutions. There are. Without, you know, racing to the shallow, politicized, you know, blame Trump, blame the gun. You know, it's so frustrating to me. We can keep these kids safe. If we're determined to keep them safe, we can make D.C. safer. Trump proved it. And these are the very people that are politicizing this that have been, you know, screaming about it for the last two weeks.
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Date: August 30, 2025
Host: Sean Hannity (with guest callers and reflections on remarks from political figures)
Context: Special episode covering the tragic school shooting at Annunciation Catholic School, Minneapolis
This episode, broadcasting on The Sean Hannity Show as an “Extra” for Verdict with Ted Cruz, centers on the latest school shooting tragedy at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis. Sean Hannity leads a passionate, emotionally charged discussion about the preventability of such events, the repeated politicization after tragedies, and actionable solutions for school safety, while lambasting the responses from prominent Democrats and media figures.
[05:30] Incident Recap:
[08:40] Hannity’s Emotional Reaction:
“These parents now will never see their children again. Tell me, you think you’ll... these parents will ever be the same again? Probably not.” (08:40)
[10:40 & throughout] Hannity’s “Common Sense” Plan:
Every school should have metal detectors.
Hire or recruit retired military and law enforcement to serve as voluntary security, offering significant tax and estate benefits instead of salaries.
Secure perimeters, controlled entry/exits, undercover personnel on site.
Proposal to place police substations inside schools for deterrence and positive community presence ([37:23]).
“Retired law enforcement, retired military. Every school, metal detectors. Secure the perimeter, make sure criminals can’t sneak in and get into a school. Guess what? There won’t be any more school shootings.” (34:06)
[33:48 & 34:50] Callers Bolster the Solutions:
High homicide rates in Democratic-led cities seen as emblematic of failed governance.
Allegations of underreported crime numbers and political prioritization of illegals’ rights over citizens’ safety.
“…the same people that support sanctuary states and open borders… allow known terrorists, murderers, rapists, cartel members, gang members… to the tune of 12 to 14 million people—or 20 million, we don’t know.” (02:50)
Gavin Newsom (“nutty,” “politicizing anything for attention”).
Jen Psaki (“Circle back” meme, accused of dishonesty about National Guard effectiveness).
Kathy Hochul, NYC, and Chicago’s mayor—labeled as ineffective or ideologically extreme.
Dismissal of quick moves to politicize (“blame the gun, blame Trump”) instead of offering solutions.
“You don’t have to go to Harvard… to figure out 5,000 more cops is going to save lives.” (28:00)
[24:00+] Hannity lauds Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in DC, crediting him with measurable drops in homicide and other crime categories.
“Trump proved it. These are the very people that are politicizing this that have been screaming about it for the last two weeks.” (37:47)
Using school buildings as police substations to ensure presence and build relationships.
Volunteer efforts from retired professionals, with vetting for suitability in schools.
Teachers armed with non-lethal devices (e.g., Byrna guns).
“See, this is what I love about my audience. You’re a genius… That’s a genius idea.” (37:23)
On Parental Loss:
“Imagine being that parent and having to live your life the rest of your life. Tell me, you think you’ll… these parents will ever be the same again? Probably not.” — Sean Hannity [08:40]
On Underlying Societal Issues:
“We didn’t need to have two dead children today… Without exception, [the parents] are never the same people again.” — Sean Hannity [09:05]
On the Political Response:
“We can’t even make it through the first week of school without mass shootings. And the GOP will continue to do absolutely nothing while our kids are being gunned down. Sorry, Gavin.” — Sean Hannity paraphrasing Gavin Newsom [13:05]
On Solutions:
“If retired police, retired military… volunteered… No local taxes they’d have to pay, no state taxes, no federal income tax… and you get a benefit program. You could protect every school and prevent any more children from dying.” — Sean Hannity [12:00]
On Predictable “Blame Games”:
“The first predictable thing that people are going to do: they’re either going to blame Trump, they’re going to blame the gun.” — Sean Hannity [27:40]
On Media & Political Strategy:
“Democrats only make a big deal about an issue if they can weaponize it and politicize it, that’s it. Otherwise, they try to just bury it.” — Sean Hannity [26:30]
Caller Suggestion:
“Why would you not give a couple of classrooms to the police to put a substation in the schools?... That’s a genius idea.” — Caller Robert & Sean Hannity [37:23]
Summary for the Uninitiated:
This episode delivers a raw reaction to a horrific school shooting. Hannity rails against politicians and media who, in his view, exploit tragedies for political purposes, and forcefully advocates for practical, security-based solutions for protecting students—metal detectors, armed retired professionals, and more policing rather than any additional gun restrictions. Listener call-ins reinforce the call for community involvement and creative, non-partisan responses. The emotional core is Hannity’s empathy for victimized families and impatience with what he sees as ideological inaction and misplaced priorities from the political left.