A sheriff in Florida blasted gun control advocates during a press conference last week after three teenagers were gunned down in a shooting late last month.
On Friday, the Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods went on a rant against gun restrictions following the arrest of two suspects who were later on charged with first-degree murder.
NBC News revealed that “court records obtained by NBC News on Friday indicate one boy is 17 years old and a second one is 12. A third suspect, 16, remains at large.”
Woods erupted and blasted the advocates after reporters at the conference tried to exploit the deaths to help advocate for gun control.
“There are individuals out there viewing, and includes some of you media, that want to blame the one thing that has no ability or the capacity to commit the crime itself, and that’s the gun. These individuals committed the crime.” Wood lamented
“All the gun laws we got in place didn’t prevent it did it! The bad guy’s gonna get a gun no matter what law you have put in place,” Woods added, after he noted all the suspects involved in the shooting who are believed to have stolen the weapons during car burglaries.
Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods goes off after reporter tries to use gun control angle after murder of teens:
“All the gun laws we got in place didn’t prevent it, did it?! Neither will any news ones. … The bad guy’s gonna get a gun no matter what law you have put in place!” pic.twitter.com/IsnmdyRqxk— Young Americans for Liberty (@YALiberty) April 7, 2023
“These juveniles shouldn’t even possess a handgun but they did,” the Florida sheriff argued.
Woods also claimed that three teenage victims who died in the shootings knew that the suspects were involved in robberies and burglaries. The latter were also were affiliated with gangs, despite not even being 18 years of age.
Sheriff Woods then went on to blame the society and the education system for not holding American teenagers accountable for their actions.
“I am a father. But here’s the one thing my boys know. Growing up, the freaking barber had my permission to whip their a–es,” Woods lamented.
“A simple burglary, as some people would say but I don’t consider anything ‘simple’ when it comes to a burglary if the law allows me, I’ll plaster their face up … on my page, on media, I will hand it out if the law allows me because parents have the right to know who their kids are hanging out with and preventing this,” he argued and called on the country to stop “minimizing the actions of” teenagers.
“Our school districts, not just here, across this state and across this nation need to stop minimizing the actions of their students. Hold them accountable. That’s where the failure is.” Wood stated.
