Broward County sheriff to NRATV's Dana Loesch: You're not defending children “until you say I want less weapons”

Sheriff Scott Israel: “You're not standing up for [victims of gun violence] until you say I want less weapons”

Written by Media Matters Staff

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From the February 21 edition of CNN's Students of Stoneman Douglas Demand Action Town Hall:

SHERIFF SCOTT ISRAEL: I understand you’re standing up for the NRA and I understand that’s what you’re supposed to do. But you just told this group of people that you’re standing up for them. You’re not standing up for them until you say I want less weapons.

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