According to Firearm Chronicles
Society is on lock-down and on the brink of being under martial law, and citizens are beginning to panic over scarcity as grocery store shelves remain empty.
Meanwhile, the sheriff in town is releasing criminals and reducing arrests, all while telling citizens not to do anything to protect themselves.
If this sounds like the plot of a “Joker” reboot, you’ll be shocked to learn that it’s literally the strategy of Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva.
With over 1,000 confirmed infections, California is grappling with coronavirus, and Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered the state’s 40 million residents to stay home to prevent the spread of the virus, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Many in LA have decided to buy guns so they can protect themselves in a time of uncertainty.
Speaking at a news conference Monday, however, Villanueva urged the public not to purchase firearms. “Buying guns is a bad idea,” he lectured. “Particularly, you have a lot of people now that are at home, normally, they’re not. Cabin fever sets in, you’ve got a crowded environment, people at home — weapons are not a good mix.” What Villanueva is insinuating is that while his department will “release as many suspects as possible” and has already cut short the sentences of 617 inmates during the coronavirus pandemic, law-abiding citizens are too dangerously unpredictable to own guns.
Do you think Sheriff Villanueva is wrong to discourage citizens from purchasing firearms?
Let that sink in: Villanueva has no problem with criminal suspects and prisoners roaming free in society, but regular folks who buy a gun to protect their family from these miscreants cannot be trusted to exercise their Second Amendment right.
Apparently, he assumes that average citizens have the temperament of caged animals who will attack at the slightest provocation, yet people who were already in cages as a result of their criminal behavior are safe to freely mix into society.