{"id":2013844,"date":"2023-08-27T20:49:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T00:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jacksonville-sheriff-slams-leftist-anti-gun-agenda-after-tragedy-the-problem-is-the-individual\/"},"modified":"2023-08-27T20:49:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T00:49:51","slug":"jacksonville-sheriff-slams-leftist-anti-gun-agenda-after-tragedy-the-problem-is-the-individual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jacksonville-sheriff-slams-leftist-anti-gun-agenda-after-tragedy-the-problem-is-the-individual\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville Sheriff criticizes leftist anti-gun agenda, emphasizes individual responsibility."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjacksonville-sheriff-slams-leftist-anti-gun-agenda-after-tragedy-the-problem-is-the-individual%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2013844&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. \u2063Waters Slams \u200cAnti-Gun \u2063Narrative Amid Racially Motivated Shooting<\/h2>\n<p>In response to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-other-david-hogg-is-now-a-willing-chinese-propaganda-tool\/\" title=\"The Other David Hogg Is Now a Willing Chinese Propaganda Tool\">racially motivated shooting<\/a> that claimed the lives of three people at a Dollar General store,\u2064 Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. \u200bWaters\u2064 passionately criticized the political \u200bLeft&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-malign-firearm-manufacturer-for-selling-gun-that-encourages-adults-to-teach-kids-safe-shooting\/\" title=\"Media Malign Firearm Manufacturer For Selling Gun That Encourages Adults To Teach Kids Safe Shooting\">anti-gun narrative<\/a>\u2063 over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The assailant, a white male in his early 20s, left behind manifestos that clearly indicated his intention to target \u200cblack individuals.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jacksonville County Sheriff T.K. Waters:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The story\u200d is always \u200dabout guns. People are \u200bbad. \u200cThis guy&#8217;s a bad guy&#8230; The problem is the individual.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZCUkudqVwy\">pic.twitter.com\/ZCUkudqVwy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200cAlec Lace (@AlecLace) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlecLace\/status\/1695905428377321903?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 27, \u20622023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sheriff Waters emphasized that the focus should be on\u2064 the individual responsible for the heinous act, rather than solely blaming guns. He \u2063highlighted that guns \u200care merely tools that can be \u200cmisused by wicked individuals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now guns are a tool that people use to do horrible \u200dthings. But it&#8217;s the individuals that wield these things,&#8221; Waters\u2063 stated. &#8220;So \u200bwe are working\u200d hard to try to stop that. But in this situation, in this case, there was nothing saying\u2014, there was nothing\u200d illegal about him owning the firearms.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite being placed on a\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jacksonville-sheriff-slams-leftist-anti-gun-agenda-after-tragedy-the-problem-is-the-individual\/\" title=\"Jacksonville Sheriff criticizes leftist anti-gun agenda, emphasizes individual responsibility.\">temporarily involuntarily mental \u2062health hold<\/a> in 2017 under the\u200b state&#8217;s \u200bBaker Act, the assailant \u200bwas able \u200bto legally purchase firearms.<\/p>\n<h3>Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Condemns Racially Motivated Shooting<\/h3>\n<p>Florida Governor Ron DeSantis expressed his outrage over the racially motivated shooting, stating, &#8220;This shooting, based on the manifesto that they&#8217;ve discovered from the scumbag that did this, was racially motivated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis strongly\u200b condemned the assailant&#8217;s \u2062actions and emphasized that targeting individuals based on their race is completely unacceptable. He also criticized\u200d the assailant for taking his own life instead\u2062 of facing the consequences of his actions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He took the coward&#8217;s way out,&#8221; DeSantis declared. &#8220;We condemn what happened in the strongest possible terms. We&#8217;ve offered support for Sheriff\u200c Waters in the city of Jacksonville, and we send our condolences to the victims\u2064 and their families who were \u2062the victims of a\u200c very cowardly act.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Watch the \u200cvideo below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/several-dead-in-jacksonville-after-racially-motivated-shooting-officials\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters criticized the political Left&#8217;s anti-gun stance after a racially motivated shooting at a Dollar General store. The white male assailant, in his early 20s, left manifestos indicating his motives. 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