On Monday afternoon’s CNN News Central, former deputy FBI director, far-left CNN senior law enforcement analyst Andrew McCabe declared “the context of gun ownership” has to undergo substantial changes, regardless of whether it’s “relevant” to the circumstances of a shooting at Madison, Wisconsin Christian school. McCabe opened the door in response to a question from co-host Boris Sanchez about whether he agreed with Madison’s police chief insisting security measures like metal detectors shouldn’t exist: CNN’s Andrew McCabe on the Madison Christian school shooting: “Do we want our kids to have to go to school in lockdown compounds that look more like jails...No security measure is perfect...I think we need to be realistic about what we can expect from those security measures, but… pic.twitter.com/W1SbmK3KVh — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) December 16, 2024 Keilar followed up with an emotional plea to McCabe on the heels of his declaration that “we need to be doing something differently,” asking if there’s “anything” that could be done to “tackl[e] this problem” of guns and the complacency of the American people. McCabe declared the country’s going “nowhere because it keeps happening” and “[w]e know it's going to happen again...in the near future” and he “can guarantee you that and every time it happens, we do just about nothing.” As for what, the anti-Trump and Deep State character said Americans should “support and enact legislation that changes the — the — the context of gun ownership in this country and emphasizes gun safety and responsibility with the firearms that you own and keeping them out of the hands of children and doing — and really vigorous, consistent background checks across the country.” That sounds pretty serious! Care to elaborate, Andy?     Unfortunately, it was little more than boilerplate liberal talking points, arguing Congress should “stop selling people — stop — you — eliminate the ability to purchase guns without a background check.” He then admitted “we don't know if any of those factors were relevant in this shooting, but” it doesn’t particularly matter since “we're talking about a big problem here” and such changes he referenced “impact the level of gun violence in our country.” McCabe went on about the need for “greater gun safety” and even seemed to accuse too many Americans of finding school shooting palatable:  [W]e do not have the political will to improve this situation. We don't have that and so, as — as citizens, it can be frustrating because you like, what can I do? Well, what you can do is start supporting people who think the same way that you do about a need for greater gun safety, a need for greater safety in our schools, and are — are committed to the idea of reducing gun violence, but until we do that, as long as we keep sending the same sort of political calculations to Congress every year, we can't really — we're not — we're not really ever going to change the fundamentals around this and those are those are the only things that we can do in a free, democratic society. We can enact laws and try to make things better for everyone or we can just keep shaking our heads, turning off the television and waiting for the next mass shooting. To see the relevant CNN transcript from December 16, click “expand.” CNN News Central December 16, 2024 2:37 p.m. Eastern BORIS SANCHEZ: Andy, what do you make of — of that perspective? You know, the idea that metal detectors don't belong in schools, irrespective of how effective they might be at preventing something like this from being carried out. ANDREW MCCABE: You know, Boris, there's always — communities have vigorous conversations around — adding safety measures to schools. There's really no limit to the number of things you could do. You're limited only by budget and creativity, but increased door locks, greater surveillance, really monitoring the perimeter with 000 with human beings, security specialists, be they law enforcement or private contractors, metal detectors, massive fences. These are all things we can do. But I think what the chief is alluding to there is, is that what we want? Do we want our kids to have to go to school in lockdown compounds that look more like jails than they do elementary schools? And so, I think, obviously, something that Madison will — will struggle with for some time going forward, trying to figure out what the appropriate level of security measures are. No security measure is perfect. Sandy Hook Elementary, 12 years and a few days ago today — had just recently imposed new security restrictions on access to the school. All the doors remained locked during the day. There was video surveillance outside the front entrance to the door, and you had to be, like, recognized by video or have ID or something like that before they would let you in. Adam Lanza simply took out an AR-15 and shot his way through the glass door and entered. So there — you know, I think we need to be realistic about what we can expect from those security measures, but clearly — you know, the profusion of weapons in schools, in places of learning, places that are supposed to be safe spaces kind of screams out at this point that we need to be doing something differently. BRIANNA KEILAR: Yeah. And I wonder what you think about whether we are or not, Andy, because I think of the conversations that I know we're all going to have, people watching this program right now are going to have with their friends. Some of them are going to say, you know what? I had to turn off the TV. I couldn't even watch. I didn't see the point. It just upsets me so much. Some are going to say I couldn't turn away. It upsets me so much. And yet, I feel like almost all of them will say, I don't feel like there's anything I can do about it. And is there ---- is there anything — where are we as a nation at tackling this problem? MCCABE: Well, Brianna, we’re nowhere. We’re nowhere because it keeps happening. We know it's going to happen again. It's happening today. It's going to happen again in the near future. I can guarantee you that and every time it happens, we do just about nothing. That doesn't mean there aren't things we can't do. We could do things. We could — we could support and enact legislation that changes the — the — the context of gun ownership in this country and emphasizes gun safety and responsibility with the firearms that you own and keeping them out of the hands of children and doing — and really vigorous, consistent background checks across the country. We could stop selling people — stop — you — eliminate the ability to purchase guns without a background check. Now, we don't know if any of those factors were relevant in this shooting, but we're talking about a big problem here — right — that these are the things that impact the level of gun violence in our country, but the fact is, we do not have the political will to improve this situation. We don't have that and so, as — as citizens, it can be frustrating because you like, what can I do? Well, what you can do is start supporting people who think the same way that you do about a need for greater gun safety, a need for greater safety in our schools, and are — are committed to the idea of reducing gun violence, but until we do that, as long as we keep sending the same sort of political calculations to Congress every year, we can't really — we're not — we're not really ever going to change the fundamentals around this and those are those are the only things that we can do in a free, democratic society. We can enact laws and try to make things better for everyone or we can just keep shaking our heads, turning off the television and waiting for the next mass shooting. SANCHEZ: Andrew McCabe, appreciate the perspective. As always, thanks so much for being with us again.