Florida Gov Suspended and Eliminated Strongly Anti-Gun Prosecutor

From The Second Modification Basis’s Investigative Journalism Mission:

Prosecutor suspended by DeSantis for incompetence additionally violently anti-gun 

For those who checked out State Lawyer Andrew Warren’s social media, you would possibly assume he labored for Giffords, Brady or Everytown, not the folks of Hillsborough Nation, Florida.

Warren is an anti-gun zealot.

In publish after publish on Twitter and Facebook, he railed in opposition to the Second Modification, gun homeowners and Florida legal guidelines devoted to holding us secure. 

On Florida’s Stand Your Floor regulation: “As we stated then, this regulation protects violent criminals & wastes assets by taking officers off the road and making us attempt circumstances twice – and has nothing to do with accountable gun possession. And it’s slowed down the system, delaying justice for victims and their households.”

On Constitutional Carry: “Don’t allow them to idiot you. That is ‘permitless carry’ – zero limits on who can carry hid – and has nothing to do w/ the Structure. This makes our neighborhoods much less secure, and regulation enforcement doesn’t need it. You possibly can’t declare to help cops whereas supporting this. No sane particular person thinks the 2nd Modification protects proudly owning a nuclear weapon, which implies we acknowledge the Structure clearly permits cheap rules on proper to bear arms. The one problem is whether or not it’s cheap to require permits to hide – and it undoubtedly is.”

On Trendy Sporting Rifles: “One other mass capturing utilizing a military-style assault rifle that has no place in our society. One other alternative for us to do one thing. One other inevitable disappointment by our elected ‘leaders.’ And one other troublesome dialog with my kids about their security.”

On Florida’s preemption statute: “Who in Tallahassee is extra hypocritical – excessive pro-lifers who oppose frequent sense gun legal guidelines that save lives, or so-called conservatives who profess native management however routinely bind cities & counties from fixing native issues?”

Issues modified yesterday, when Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued an order suspending Warren for “incompetence and willful defiance of his duties as a state lawyer.” 

DeSantis stated Warren had put himself “above the regulation” by selecting which legal guidelines he would and wouldn’t prosecute. 

Warren had signed public statements promising to not implement restrictions limiting abortion or transgender remedies. In 2020, he declined to prosecute 67 individuals who had been arrested throughout violent anti-police protests. 

Warren described his suspension as a “political stunt” by DeSantis, and he accused the governor of “utilizing his workplace to additional his personal political ambition.” 

Warren was escorted from his workplace Thursday afternoon. He’s already been scrubbed from his official website. Now, it’s as much as the state senate to resolve whether or not to make the suspension everlasting. 

The tone and subjects of Warren’s social media posts have additionally modified. He’s not fixated on weapons, gun rights or gun homeowners. Now, he’s fixated on blasting DeSantis and getting his job again. 

“Simply because the governor violates your rights, it doesn’t imply they don’t exist,” Warren tweeted yesterday. 

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