Mayor Bobby Bright
Posted on 09/17/2005 5:16:25 AM PDT by AmericanMade1776
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- While unaware he was being recorded at a civic meeting, Montgomery Mayor Bobby Bright offered a crime solution that has stunned the city of Montgomery and the nation.
"What we need to do... Is there any media? Chief, can I say this? I've said it one time…Get a gun and teach our folks how to use them and shoot' em," Bright said. "Now, I'm telling you, that's what we need to do."
Bright was speaking on the issues of having an understaffed police force, clogged courts and a vast majority of crime in Montgomery committed by the same relatively small number of people over and over again.
"That's the only thing that we can really tell our folks to do at this point in time," Bright said. "If there's anything else that you know that the chief and I can do to keep this crime down, keep these guys from stealing... let me know."
The Montgomery Police Department was asked what their response was to the mayor's statements.
"The mayor made some good points. If a person chooses to own a handgun, then we think it is important they know how to use that handgun and they know when the law allows them to use it," said Lt. Huey Thornton of the Montgomery Police Department.
So far, Bright has not commented on his statements.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbc13.com ...
Bright says it's a sound concepts for people to protect themselves since the criminal justice system is not working. Despite criticism, Bright says he will not budge from his stance.
The mayor says he is not promoting vigilante justice but is in favor of people protecting themselves and their property Bright's comments have drawn mixed reaction from Montgomery residents.
Some say his suggestion is an outrageous response to the area's crime rate http://www.wtvm.com/Global/story.asp?S=3859734&nav=8fapecAQ
"In my opinion, people need to buy a weapon, buy a gun, ed-
ucate themselves on how to use that gun and they need to use that weapon to protect themselves from the criminal element out there," he said Thursday.
"I will not back away from that concept. It is a sensitive issue. It is simply me as the mayor wanting and caring enough about our citizens here to tell them this may be the best way they can help us protect themselves."
Bright said he will not budge from his stance.
http://www.accessmontgomery.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050916/NEWS/509160347/1001
"What we need to do... Is there any media? Chief, can I say this? I've said it one time…Get a gun and teach our folks how to use them and shoot' em," Bright said. "Now, I'm telling you, that's what we need to do."
PING!
Calling him unapologetic implies that he should apologize. More bias from AP...
Mayor Bobby Bright
an armed society is a polite society... that is the long and short of it...
Bobby Bright
Email: mayor@ci.montgomery.al.us
"vast majority of crime in Montgomery committed by the same relatively small number of people over and over again."
Here is the group he referring to...
http://www.nc-f.org/findings.htm
If so, then we need to oppose this vigorously.
That way, they'll figure they HAVE to pass it, and we're in!
Brilliant, yes?
< twirls mustache >
Good for that Mayor,I agree with him about everyone owning a gun,I do and know how to use it..I was fortunate I had a brother that started teaching me about guns when I was twelve yrs old..He was a constable in a small town in Texas..When I took my test for my license to carry I made a 92 on the written test and made almost a perfect score when I did the firing range..Just buy a gun get comfortable with it and by all means keep it clean...I don't know if I should say this but my teacher an ex- police officer told me if I every come in contact with anyone that is going to do me harm,make sure I shoot to kill..If I don't they will come back and sue the living shit out of me..that is what he said not me...
How dare he make such a racist remark, dosen't he know we have open housing laws in this country.
Out of the mouths of babes......
I love a Mayor with common sense. The fiasco in New Orleans demonstrated that you can't always count on the police to be there for you.
Give that man a raise and re-elect him.
Mayor Bright is being honest - how refreshing.
As for the Chief, I think most LEO's feel this way despite the characterization they are getting as "gun-grabbing" in NO.
I had a judge tell a whole class of us basically the same thing in a corporate law course I took in college. He said if you ever accidentally run over somebody and they aren't dead, run over them again.
I don't agree with that, but I understand the sentiment.
A Montgomery resident Friday fired several shots at a man who shot him twice during an attempted robbery.
Kurtis Watts, 46, of 7048 Old Selma Road was at the car wash at United Food & Fuel at the corner of South Court Street and Fleming Road when he was approached by a man dressed in black.
"A man who appeared to be 18 or 19 years old produced a handgun and told Watts to 'give it up,'" said Lt. Huey Thornton, a police spokesman. "The man then shot Watts twice, once in the upper shoulder and once down near the hip."
Watts apparently had a gun in his waistband and fired five to six shots at his attacker. It is not known if the attacker was struck, Thornton said.
Watts was taken to Baptist Medical Center South with serious injuries.
http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050917/NEWS01/509170314/1007 September 17, 2005
really, i must say, i'm schocked.........reality don't kill ya----dellusion do
I think I'll write him a letter of support.
Uusally when you have a problem - ie flood - storm whatever all the guys form up into groups to fix up - clean up - repair whatever - seemed that all the guys in New Orlean laid around the dome on cots then loaded up on the buses with the women and kids and got the hell out of Dodge.
That is except the ones that were busy looting.
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