Hurricanes
“People have a right to defend their property," he said. "This part of Florida, you got a lot of advocates and proponents of the Second Amendment."
This is the strongest storm to make landfall in the region in more than a century.
The unprecedented storm made landfall in the Big Bend region of Florida on Wednesday as a Category 3 storm.
The storm left as many as a half-million customers without power in Florida and other states at one point as it ripped down power poles and lines.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
There's an increasing risk of life-threatening storm surge and dangerous hurricane-force winds as soon as late Tuesday, the National Hurricane Center said.
The storm swirled northward on Sunday, no longer a hurricane but still carrying so much rain that forecasters warned of "catastrophic" flooding.
Hurricane Hilary has strengthened into a major storm off Mexico’s Pacific coast, and it could bring heavy rain to the southwestern U.S. by the weekend.
The hurricane center said it could survive briefly as a tropical storm and cross the U.S. border.
AAA cited last year’s “catastrophic hurricane season” in its decision to start limiting some of its home insurance policies in the Sunshine State.
Two clashing climatic behemoths will square off this summer to determine how quiet or chaotic the Atlantic hurricane season will be.