{"id":200499,"date":"2024-04-02T17:19:22","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T22:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=200499"},"modified":"2024-04-02T17:22:24","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T22:22:24","slug":"home-invasions-plummet-after-florida-sheriff-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/home-invasions-plummet-after-florida-sheriff-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Invasions Plummet After Florida Sheriff Says&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Home Invasions Plummet After Florida Sheriff Says Shoot Home Invaders To Save Tax Payers Money\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wGZRuyZuWZI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"yoast-reading-time__wrapper\"><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-icon=\"clock\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" style=\"display:inline-block;vertical-align:-0.1em\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M12 8v4l3 3m6-3a9 9 0 11-18 0 9 9 0 0118 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__spacer\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:1em\"><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__descriptive-text\">Estimated reading time:  <\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__reading-time\">2<\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__time-unit\"> minutes<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About a year ago, the Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson sparked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/politically-incorrect-sheriff-tells-citizens-shoot-kill-home-invaders-save-taxpayers-money\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"home-invasions-plummet-after-florida-sheriff-says\" title=\"Home Invasions Plummet After Florida Sheriff Says...\">controversy<\/a> by suggesting homeowners should shoot intruders to save taxpayer money. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;And I&#8217;ll tell you right now, you know, somebody breaks in your house in Santa Rosa County and you shoot and kill them, the chances of them reoffending after that are zero and we like those odds,&#8221; said Sheriff Johnson on <em>Fox News<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sheriff stood by his views despite public outcry.  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