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GRITtv: Bill Quigley: Hate in Arizona, Hope in Haiti (Video)

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“We in the U.S. have more people in jail than anywhere else in the world, we spend more on our military than the whole world combined, we have more guns, yet people somehow feel insecure,” notes Bill Quigley of the culture in the U.S. Questions about guns aren’t the only questi0n to be asked in the wake of the shooting of Gabrielle Giffords, Judge John Roll, and several others in Arizona this weekend. There are many questions to be asked, about priorities, motives, and more. Bill joins us in studio to discuss the latest from Arizona, and also to look at the ongoing devastation in Haiti one year after the earthquake. “You would think the earthquake happened last week,” he says of his most recent visit.

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