"You loot, we shoot"

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Speaking near Fort Myers in the leveled community of Matlacha on Friday, the Republican Governor relayed one sight he saw in Punta Gorda in neighboring Charlotte County the day prior.

“They boarded up all the businesses, and there are people that wrote on their plywood, ‘you loot, we shoot,’” DeSantis said. “At the end of the day, we are not going to allow lawlessness to take advantage of this situation. We are a law-and-order state, and this is a law-and-order community, so do not think that you’re going to go take advantage of people who’ve suffered misfortune.”

The Governor also commented on the grit and resilience of the community and called for “all hands on deck” regarding the rule of law. However, his dispatch was choppy, making the overall statement unclear.

(via Twitchy)

[To be clear, DeSantis wasn’t imposing martial law; he was warning looters that residents would used armed force to protect their property from such scavengers. There’s a reason why societies developed that kind of response to looters, and while that may be arguably going too far, allowing looters to run free isn’t a valid counter-option either. DeSantis is taking the right attitude by letting looters know which side would have his sympathy. — Ed]

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