If you're the type who can stomach the soul-crushing depression that is the news, you know we're living in violent times. If a loony-bin reject who gets orders from a dog isn't trying to kill you, there's murder-cult fanatics who think blowing you up will get them brownie points in the afterlife. The solution to this madness? According to this hardcore Florida Sheriff, you should get yourself strapped, ASAP...

Polk County’s sheriff is sending out a call to arms.  He says people should be armed and prepared just in case they are faced with an active shooter.

“The armed assailant doesn’t plan on you fighting back,” said Sheriff Grady Judd.  “He plans on having a gun, doing all the shooting, and you’re just a sitting duck. Well, the ducks need to shoot back.”

Judd says citizens should have a concealed weapons permit and carry their gun with them whenever they can. He also says gun owners should keep their skills sharp.

And if a gun is not your thing, he says, you might consider another kind of weapon, like pepper spray or a Taser.

“If you’re not afraid of a gun, get one,” said the sheriff. “And if you need to shoot somebody, shoot ‘em a lot.”

Yeah!!!

The Sheriff's right. There are only so many po-pos to go around. So, if you're in a life-and-death predicament and the nearest copper is on the other side of town, your only hope is a boomer and a handful of freedom pellets. There are no guarantees you'll make it out, but your odds are better with a gat than curling in the fetal position and playing dead.

There are dozens of reasons for you to purchase a piece. Chief amongst them being their effectiveness at stopping bad guys dead in their tracks. Literally (see Florida Homeowner Exercises Gun Control… Shoots The Crap Out Of Burglar! and BOOM! Good Samaritan Saves Cop Under Attack. Fills Perp Full Of Lead…). Also, nothing on earth brings a smile to your face quite like dispensing piping hot chunks of lead at two thousand feet per second.

This Sheriff from the Sunshine State, and pretty much every non-leftist, appreciates the awesomeness of amendment part deux. The founding padres put that one there so the right people go to the cemetery. Namely, the baddies. No amount of understanding or tolerance will defeat a gun-wielding douchenugget, but another gun will. It's common sense.

That is, unless you call this common sense...