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The Florida sheriff who told sexual offenders and predators to steer clear of shelters during Hurricane Irma has made another strong statement.
In a Facebook video, which had more than 73,000 views by midday Wednesday, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd called on residents to arm themselves to be prepared for the next active-shooter situation. He called the Texas gunman "a nut" and "mentally deranged, obviously." Then he added, "Someone's got to be there with a gun to stop them."
"I mean, think about it," he says in the video. "He shows up with an AR-15 and a lot of ammunition, sure it's easy to kill people when there's no one there shooting back. But all of that changed when the neighbor shows up with a gun and starts shooting at him."
Judd is referring to Stephen Willeford, a local man who exchanged shots with gunman Devin P. Kelley, who killed and wounded dozens inside the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Tex. Willeford, along with bystander Johnnie Langendorff, engaged Kelley in a high-speed car chase before his car veered off the roadway into a ditch. Officials found Kelley dead and said the autopsy revealed that he was shot twice — in the leg and torso — before shooting himself in the head.
Continue Reading: A Florida sheriff wants you to buy a gun so you can stop the next mass shooter yourself