We're going to get a gun': The View host Sherri Shepherd plans to arm herself after false alarm at her New York home

The View panel never shy away from the hot topics of the day.
But the debate on gun control become more than just a discussion when Sherri Shepherd announced she wanted to arm herself on Thursday.
The 46 year-old announced that she wanted to buy a gun after her burglar alarm went off at 1am that morning saying an intruder was inside.

Leaving the show: Sherri Shepherd leaving NBC Studios in New York Thursday after her pro-gun announcement

The alarm and it's warning terrified Shepherd, her husband Lamar Sally and their son Jeffery, despite the police arrived seven minutes later to reassure the family it was simply a false alarm.
Nonetheless, the devout Christian who has taken a more conservative stance on a number of recent hot-button political issues to make The View's roundtable, declared they were buying a gun.
'I’m trying to calm Jeffrey down and all I had was this wicker basket,' Sherri said. 'I have nothing, a bat, nothing. We’re going to get a gun.'

Needs a gun: After a false burglar alarm at her NYC home Sherri, center, declared her family was buying a gun

While Barbara Walters tried to talk Shepherd out of the idea, fill-in co-host, country music singer and licensed gun holder Gretchen Wilson supported the former stand-up comedian, claiming she carried a .38 caliber pistol in her purse and had a .45 caliber pistol beside her bed.
Meanwhile, Whoopi Goldberg encouraged Shepherd to go out and buy a bat.

A conservative voice: Shepherd will be one of the last remaining conservative voices on The View with Elisabeth Hasselbeck reportedly leaving sometime this year

Sherri has been a permanent co-host on The View since 2007.
The show has made news recently over a number of co-hosts vacating their seats on the show.
Shortly after long-time co-host Joy Behar announced she would be leaving the daytime talk show this August, reports surfaced that controversial conservative co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck would also not be returning to the show once her current contract expired, later this year.
While there is no confirmation on who would be filling these two seats, it does appear the former Dancing with the Stars contestant is becoming the more conservative voice, at least in the meantime.

The Shepherd Family: Sherri, Lamar and Jeffery were frightened by their burglar alarm going off Thursday morning

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