A sheriff in Pinellas County, Florida has a warning for anyone willing to come near him with a gun, he’s threatening them with his own.
The locally known anti-gun cop made the statements in response to open carry legislation being floated in his city. It attempts to make arming law abiding citizens easier, so that they can better defend themselves should they find their lives at risk.
How ironic that a man who fears for his own life in the presence of lawful gun ownership should resort to the very thing that he opposes — a gun — in order to protect himself.
It’s unlikely the cop thought of that before he threatened to kill the very citizens he’s employed to protect.
Cops have been put in a bad light recently for shooting at criminals when they think that their lives are in danger. It has been proven time and time again that their actions are reasonable and legal in a court of law. This man, however, may be the face of what a bad cop looks like: one who openly tries to take a citizen’s gun by threatening to use his own.
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That Sherrod is on the wrong side of the law but his comments were misrepresented, he was talking about a hypothetical situation where a cop can’t tell the difference between good guys and bad guys.
This guy is still employed?
He is not a cop. He is an attorney and was elected to be a politician. I will bet he was never a real cop on the street. He should be fired because his oath is to support and defend the constitution.
What a moron
This fool should not have a badge or gun, he is a fool!
Scott Larson keep listening to Bloomberg and your president, and I will keep paying my membership to the gun lobby. Don’t like it. I don’t care.
Long live NRA.
Fire the SOB.
the comments may be offensive to some but Gualtieri was just proven correct and it’s not because cops have it in for legal gun owners. Look what happened in Maryland last week. A gunman went to a police station and started shooting. As cops poured out of the station to engage another officer in plain clothes was just pulling into the lot. He drew to engage the gunman and was mistakenly shot and killed by fellow officers.
Did you read what I posted? I don’t “listen to” Bloomberg or the president on the issue. You however have made a conscious decision to pay dues to, and then listen to….an organization that lies to you constantly.
Can you think of ANY other situation in your day-to-day life in which you’d do that….on purpose?
Share an example.