In the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown , Connecticut , in December 2012 , Land made the following comments in an NPR interview regarding the use of a weapon : " If I find that someone is trying to do harm to someone else , I believe that I have a moral and Christian obligation to do what ever I can - with the least amount of violence necessary - but if necessary , '' lethal '' violence to stop them from harming others . That 's loving my neighbor as myself . That 's doing unto others as I would have them do unto me . " At a November 19 , 2012 American Enterprise Institute event on immigration reform , Land stated that he was " ashamed " of the Republican Party in the 2012 presidential election
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
Richard Land