I understand the Second Amendment. I respect the Second Amendment. I think we need to use common sense tools to keep the American people safe, to keep our streets safe.

One cannot understate the importance of eliminating Bin Laden. He was a symbolic head of the organisation and, as we now know, an operational head of the organisation.

Let's deal with reality. The reality is that we will be reading Miranda rights to the corpse of Osama bin Laden. He will never appear in an American courtroom.

I'll leave here with my head held high and with confidence that history will judge my time here.

I'm a 21st century guy, secure in who I am.

It pains me whenever there's the death of a law enforcement official.

The Constitution guarantees due process, not judicial process.