Responding to calls for solutions after the Parkland school massacre, Lee County Sheriff Mike Scott says “evil people” will either ignore bans or find other ways to kill anyway, and also blamed violent video games and the FBI.
In a post going viral today, Lee County Sheriff Mike Scott posted an editorial on the department’s Facebook page arguing against restrictions on guns in response to the Parkland school shooting.
Scott outlined a variety of considerations that he said he believes are more important to focus on than increasing gun control.
First, he said, society cannot “realistically” have both freedom of movement and safety at the same time.
He then pointed out that bombs and vehicles are used to kill people, too.
He went on to say criminals will ignore gun bans and get their hands on guns anyway and that a ban would not heighten safety. “If such was the case, we should just issue one, final blanket ban on all evil actions in the U. S. and then sleep easy.”
Next, he blamed violent video games — “modern day babysitters in millions of households” — and said “Hollywood types and media moguls” are hypocrites because they are not calling to ban these games.
Next, he blamed the FBI, saying the agency had “totally dropped the ball with Parkland.”
Scott wrapped up his editorial with a promotion for his department’s active shooter training and other seminars “to prepare for worst case scenarios.”
The vast majority of the comments on the post were supportive, including sentiments such as “Absolutely perfectly stated!” and “Very wise observations!”
Lee County, in southwest Florida on the Gulf Coast, includes Fort Myers and Cape Coral.
