Posted on 06/01/2020 2:55:19 PM PDT by xzins
Polk County Sheriff Warns Rioters: Don't Take This into Neighborhoods. People Own Guns Here.
George Floyd died at the hands of the Minneapolis Police. It was tragic, avoidable, and the use of force was totally absurd. He was arrested for the nonviolent crime of using false documents. He was handcuffed and subdued. Why did Officer Derek Chauvin put his knee on the back of his neck for nearly ten minutes? Floyd died as a result. He could be heard crying that he could no longer breathe. Chauvin was fired and brought up on third-degree murder and manslaughter charges. The three other officers involved in the incident were also fired. This incident should set off protests. It’s outrageous what happened, but it’s now devolved into rioting, with lefty activists just causing mayhem. It’s time to put down the mob.
Minneapolis has been set ablaze, and our own Julio Rosas documented the carnage. He’s covered tons of protests, but never say anything like what he experienced in Mill City. It was total anarchy. Yet, this chaos campaign has spread all over the country. There have been reports of rioters wanting to spread the chaos to the surrounding neighborhoods.
In Polk County, Florida, Sheriff Grady Judd issued a stern warning to these troublemakers, noting that people in his jurisdiction like guns, own guns, and will be at home with their guns. And if these clowns try to burgle or set fire to houses, Sheriff Judd said, “I’m highly recommending they blow you back out of the house with their guns” (via Fox 13 Tampa Bay):
Florida Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd issues a stern warning to rioters who want to take their criminal conduct into the neighborhoods. pic.twitter.com/aYnpkfV5Fw
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) June 1, 2020 After protests turned to “civil unrest” in parts of Polk County Saturday and Sunday, the county issued a local state of emergency and a curfew Sunday and extended it to Monday at 8 p.m., until 5 a.m. Tuesday.
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Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said there he does not believe Polk County residents were the ones creating problems.
He said there’s a difference between a protester and a rioter and rioting will not be accepted.
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Judd said there were rumblings on social media that rioters planned to bring violence into the neighborhoods of Polk County.
“I would tell them, if you value your life, they probably shouldn’t do that in Polk County. Because the people of Polk County like guns, they have guns, I encourage them to own guns, and they’re going to be in their homes tonight with their guns loaded, and if you try to break into their homes to steal, to set fires, I’m highly recommending they blow you back out of the house with their guns. So, leave the community alone,” Judd said.
The sheriff encouraged anyone wishing to express their first amendment right to free speech to keep the focus on George Floyd, who Judd said was the victim who should be honored.
We need law and order back. President Trump has to put down this mob. And that’s what this has devolved into—a mob. Protest all you want, folks, but when you start looting and setting buildings on fire, the game is over.
I suspect that it’s legal to shoot when someone is rushing your house with weapons or with fire.
If it isn’t, it should be.
If it isn’t, it doesn’t matter. Life or death situation, so in that county you’ll probably do just fine with any jury.
Prove it. Nobody has yet. You have the fire power and it's time to put your money where your mouth is. Do we have to wait until these beasts are on our doorstep?
Nextdoor app just said that bus loads of rioters heading to my little town.
Not sure if it is true, but I live in the mulitethnic gun nut capital of the county.
***I knew there was a good reason to own hi-cap mags.***
After the riots of 1967, I I immediately got rid of my slow to load “cowboy” gun and bought a 13 shot Browning Hi-Power.
Good choice.
Grady Judd is great... He is not a Bullshitter. He tells criminals off...
I’d rather be stuck in a prison cell than stuck in a pine box. Antifa shitheads and ferals may want to consider that they’d be leaving me no option.
Anyone breaking into a home is a mortal threat to be dealt with accordingly.
If a bad guy is coming at you with a knife, bat, firearm, or other lethal weapon, you have justification to shoot the individual to STOP the threat. NOT to murder him. FORENSICS WILL DETERMINE IF YOU CAPPED THE GUY FIVE MORE TIMES AFTER HE’s down and disabled.
I want to know exactly who arranged for and paid for the buses that the rioters are traveling on.
I decided to load “several more” AR mags to add to my ready set. A couple of FMJ and a couple with green tips. The Mossberg stands at the ready for closer encounters, and every 9mm mag I own is topped off with JHP as a last resort. I don’t expect trouble, but I will meet trouble with everything I have if it is foolish enough to venture out this way. Our average LE response time is something like 20 min out here. Great, I won’t be the one praying they show up soon. I’ll be the one making someone else pray.
I did suggest shooting the tires and engines to someone.
I gotta go buy a Glock or something. All I have is my BFF’s 357. I have bullets for it, but I am not fast at reloading. She is a gun nut and she has been trying to get me to buy more firepower.
He is... Great guy...
The silent deterrent of gun ownership speaks again quietly
Where you at? You can mail order yourself 80% glock kits. Takes 20 min to make yourself. 30 min if you polish the shiney trigger parts for added peace of mind reliability
Wait until YOU get charged by several adult hogs on your property. See how you like capacity then. I’d be dead if it wasn’t for my AK47.
Your comment tells me you’ve never had to engage multiple targets simultaneously. With an elmer fudd 5 shot rifle, no way would I have gotten out of that alive
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