''That Is Exactly the Reason Why I Had Mines''
6:00AM ET December 19th, 2012
Contributor : Stephen Willis
A Rocky Williform Company

The gun debate has intensified in America in the wake of another tragic school shooting in Newtown, Conn. last week. 20 children and six adults lost their lives when 24-year old Adam Lanza opened fire in Sandy Hook Elementary School. Hip hop star T.I., speaking to radio host Sway, shared his condolences for the families that were affected by the tragedy.

He also shared that incidents like this are why he is an advocate for gun ownership.

"It's a tragedy and it's a travesty, it was a catastrophic event," he said. "My heart goes out to the families. As a parent, there's no way that you can hear or see or observe something like that go on and not be touched in your heart. Just to know somewhere so sacred, somewhere that is supposed to be completely off limits to any kind of wrongdoing, something like that can happen to kindergarteners -- I don't want to run the risk of sounding inappropriate but that is exactly the reason why I had mines. At any time, if anybody calls me, anytime, when I had mines, I'm pulling up with 'em and the whole perimeter will be secure and ain't nobody moving but us. ... I haven't been to the military but I'm very militant-minded when it come to protecting."