DeSantis Aims to Target Gun ‘Lunatics,’ Not Guns

DeSantis Aims to Target Gun ‘Lunatics,’ Not Guns
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference at the University of Miami Health System Don Soffer Clinical Research Center in Miami on May 17, 2022. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
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PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–Gov. Ron DeSantis said he wants to focus on gun “lunatics” rather than targeting Second Amendment rights when it comes to preventing mass shootings.

“When you’re dealing with [gun-related crime] ... you focus on the criminal,” he said at a June 8 press conference. “You focus on the lunatic—you don’t kneecap the rights of law-abiding citizens.”