Banning guns is about as good as banning drugs. Guess what drugs are in prisons.
Too bad more sheriffs don't speak out like this.
"There are individuals out there viewing … who want to blame the one thing that has no ability or the capacity to commit the crime itself, and that's the gun," Woods said. "These individuals committed the crime." He added that he does not know what the solution is, but "[t]he bad guy's going to get a gun no matter what laws you put in place." Woods went on to blame society and schools for not holding juveniles accountable for their crimes. Layla Silvernail and Camille Quarles, along with an unidentified 17-year-old male, were shot and left for dead in Marion County, Florida, between March 30 and April 1. "I am a father," he said. "But here’s the one thing my boys know: growing up, the freaking barber had my permission to whip their a--es." The suspects in the triple homicide were involved in a burglary and robbery ring and stole their firearms from cars, Woods said. "A simple burglary, as some people would say — but I don't consider anything ‘simple’ when it comes to a burglary — if the law allows me, I'll plaster their face up … on my page, on media, I will hand it out if the law allows me because parents have the right to know who their kids are hanging out with and preventing this," Woods said. He continued, "Our school districts, not just here, across this state and across this nation need to stop minimizing the actions of their students. Hold them accountable. That's where the failure is." Police first found Silvernail with a gunshot wound, lying on the side of the road in the area of Forest Lakes Park on SE 183rd Avenue Road. Authorities transported the teenager to a hospital in critical condition, and she lost brain function until she was pronounced dead.
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