Baton Rouge Sheriff: This Isn’t About Gun Control, But About ‘What’s in Men’s Hearts’

East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff Sid Gautreaux made a brief comment about gun control as he talked about the horrific killing of police officers in Baton Rouge earlier today.

He said that the entire law enforcement community is grieving as a family today and “”with God’s help we will get through this.”

“To me,” Gautreaux said, “this is not so much about gun control as it is about what’s in men’s hearts. And until we come together as a nation, as a people, to heal as a people, if we don’t do that and this madness continues, we will surely perish as a people.”

President Obama is expected to address the nation soon and it’s likely he will bring up the subject of gun control.

Watch above, via CNN.

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