Posted on 09/17/2005 5:16:25 AM PDT by AmericanMade1776
Mayor Bobby Bright began the BONDS fifth annual Mayor's Neighborhood Conference with an explanation of comments he made earlier this week about residents arming themselves with guns against crime.
"I was delayed because I was in my office talking about guns," Bright said to laughter from the crowd of more than 200.
Bright told the group at the Mann Museum on Friday evening that property criminals are being released quicker than the Montgomery Police Department can get them off the streets.
"The only other avenue I know is to protect yourself with a weapon of your choice," Bright said. "Make sure you are the one who walks away from the crime and not the criminal."
He also suggested business owners stop telling their clerks and employees to give criminals the money.
"I'm trying to reverse the perception of criminal activity without resistance," Bright said, adding that the Police Department will train anyone to use a weapon free of charge.
http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050917/NEWS01/509170313/1007
I think he is going to need all the support he can get.
He's right, of course.
I believe Bright is indeed a democrat. In 1999, Bright defeated conservative Mayor Emory Folmar, who had served as Montgomery's mayor for two decades.
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Well the police officer was telling us that in class because he knew what criminals do once they get out of the hospital( is sue) and the majority of the time the criminal wins..Believe me I would never shot anyone that did not deserve a good shooting..
Freakin' FINALLY! An elected official who just came out and SAID IT!
Makes me crazy how the fact that armed people aren't robbed/raped/etc. because they can protect themselves isn't made known to the idiots who watch and believe what they read in the MSM everyday.
Rules of engagement (ROE) in any situation (either deployed into a hostile environment or not) clearly specify the right to defend one's self, employing a proportional response to the threat.
This applies (IMHO) to a civilian population as well as an military expeditionand whether you are at home or deployed.
As a soldier, I have the right to return fire in my own defense and can fire pre-emptively if I have gave concern about my or my subordinates' safety.
As a private citizen, I have a Concealed weapons permit. I apply the same ROE here and follow the applicable civilian regulations ie. no weapons in bars, etc.
Bottom line, I shall at all time defend myself, my family and my neighborhood if a threat is posed.
instead of "unaware" as reported, this intelligent mayor knew full well that his message would ge out even though it would be distorted by the anti-Anerica news media - politicinas, lawyers, and their masters.
Young Black males.
"Mayor Bobby Bright offered a crime solution that has stunned the city of Montgomery and the nation."
The nation is stunned? Where did that come from? Did the 'reporter' have a gut feeling?
I swear. And what is wrong with this?
I will NEVER register any firearm - It is nobody's business but my own.
LOL - you make a good point.
a good southern democrat outshines the brightest rockefeller rino republican any day!
A rockefeller rino here in the south is considered to be way left of FDR and almost left of lenin!
So, how are the schools where you live? We're looking for a comfy quite neighboorhood to raise a family and a build a business. He he.
Good Morning MCG2000,
It is nice to see a politician who tells it like it is in life.
I know the liberals, msm and the Sarah Brady's of the world are hysterical right now.
What is funny the liberals want to disarm law abiding citizens. Only then, to be at the mercy of those upstanding citizens housed in the super dome and the roving bands of anarchist criminals.
Liberals think can side with the criminals or placate them. Well the truth is, when the criminals go wild, they will loot, rape and kill the vey liberal fools who seek to protect them.
Dead Kennedy, Pelosi, Boxer, Finstein, Heid, Durbin, Waxman, Landrieu, Blanco, Nagin and all their families should have been housed at the superdome during the entire Katrina scenario. I call that a wake up call, for the far left communistic liberal politicians.
What is good for the goose is good for the gander, Oh Shrillary.
"Free Men & Women Own Guns, Slaves Do Not"
For God and Country,
NSNR-WNNS
Finally! Someone named "Bright" who actually is!
No offense, Madelyn...
;-)
Bobby is the "Real Deal."
NSNR-CSAOTL
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