As part of its wet dream of having every American walking around armed to the teeth, Fox News showcased a Florida sheriff who made an NRA-friendly video saying, “The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.”
“That sheriff is calling on everyday citizens to buy guns and be ready to take on terrorists themselves,” host Brian Kilmeade said in his introduction.
Sheriff Wayne Ivey seemed to like the idea of some kind of Wild West America. “We’re looking for our citizens to either have the ability to eliminate the threat or at the very least stall it until the calvary can arrive,” he said.
Kilmeade made a phony stab at balance by playing a clip of New York police Commissioner Ray Kelly saying he’s concerned about a “wholesale increase of people carrying guns.” In a “tumultuous situation,” Kelly said, if an amateur takes out a gun, it could “just compound that mayhem.”
“Is his concern warranted, sheriff?” Kilmeade asked.
Of course, Ivey didn’t think so. “I have absolute faith in our citizens to help us protect our communities,” he replied.
Then, just in case anyone might have thought Kelly sounded sensible, Kilmeade threw his support behind gun mania. “You know what the message is, too, to the would-be terrorists?” Kilmeade added. “That state might be armed. I might walk into that building and I might be facing force because they want an easy target.”
“There’s no doubt about it,” Ivey agreed. “Americans have had enough. It’s time to stand up, it’s time to unite, not only as citizens but as state and national leaders and say we’re gonna protect us, we’re gonna protect our families and the values of our country.”
Kilmeade closed with a bit more of the rootin’ tootin’: “Right. And get that word fear out of it and when people can take action, the fear goes away,” he said.
On Fox News, there’s no such thing as being too afraid or having too many armed vigilantes. Because America: f*** yeah!
Watch it below, from the December 8 Fox & Friends.
(H/T NewsHound Richard)
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The police/fbi purge of a selected class is underway.
Yes, he said “calvary.” That’s why I said the sheriff seems to like the idea of a Wild West America.
Yeah, I feel real damn safe.
“The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good white guy with a gun.”
“We’re looking for our white citizens to either have the ability to eliminate the threat or at the very least stall it until the calvary can arrive,”
“I have absolute faith in our white citizens to help us protect our communities,”
“*White* Americans have had enough. It’s time to stand up, it’s time to unite, not only as white citizens but as state and national leaders and say we’re gonna protect us, we’re gonna protect our white families and the right-wing conservative nutjob values of our country.”
(Just to ask, Ellen. Did the sheriff actually say “calvary?” That’s either a typo in the transcript or it’s a definite Freudian slip.)
Yeah, cuz there is nothing more comforting when the terrorists are facing down Betty from the mailroom blasting off an AK-47 right next to your ear.
