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St. Petersburg councilman wants to ban assault rifles in city, urges state and US to follow
WFTS (Tampa, Fla.) ^ | 05/30/2011 | Don Germaise

Posted on 05/31/2011 11:39:12 AM PDT by neverdem

Will seek weapons ban at city council meeting

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - There is no room for assault rifles in St. Petersburg, city council member Steve Kornell said. He wants the semi-automatic and automatic weapons banned.

Kornell will ask fellow city council members at a meeting this week to ban assault weapons in the city. Kornell also wants a resolution asking the state and federal government to follow suit. "I think it's an issue whose time has come," said Kornell. "I think most people get why you can't have military assault weapons."

The proposal comes after three St. Petersburg police officers have been shot dead this year, none with an assault weapon. However in 2009, eight-year-old Paris Whitehead-Hamilton was accidentally killed when her home was sprayed with more than 50 rounds from assault weapons. Police say the gunmen were after someone else in the home.

"I believe in the Constitution and this is not about taking away anybody's rights," said Kornell. "But people do not have a right to own a personal military assault weapon."

St. Petersburg Police Chief Chuck Harmon agrees. "Assault rifles are meant basically to kill human beings," said Harmon. "There are no other uses for them."

Gun owners like Earl Rhodes agree with the chief, but still want to own assault weapons. "If I'm in a situation where I need to protect my family, I don't want a single shot shotgun when I can have an assault weapon to do it with," said Rhodes. Rhodes owns two SKS assault rifles.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Front Page News; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: awb; banglist; donttreadonme; fl; florida; guncontrol; shallnotbeinfringed
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To: Niteranger68

I was just about to say, “Looks like he squats to pee.”


61 posted on 05/31/2011 1:38:19 PM PDT by ponygirl
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To: neverdem

Would it not make more sense to ban ASSAULT???


62 posted on 05/31/2011 1:39:08 PM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: neverdem

Anyone in that city ever thought about just banning this city counselman???


63 posted on 05/31/2011 1:43:07 PM PDT by stevie_d_64 (I'm jus' sayin')
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To: neverdem

“..St. Petersburg, city council member Steve Kornell said. ...”

Dumbass wants to set off CWII. Bring it, you liberal POS douchebag.


64 posted on 05/31/2011 2:16:34 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Niteranger68

So he’s a liberal douchebag AND a Porksmoker...Gee...who’da figured it...


65 posted on 05/31/2011 2:18:52 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: sport

The gun grabber police chief Upchuck Harmon needs a civilian review board sniffing around his butt 24/7.

That’ll keep him busy and then he won’t have time to mess with the Second Amendment.


66 posted on 05/31/2011 2:26:57 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Palin / West in 2012 or West / Palin. Either combination will serve America well.)
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To: SoldierDad
Perfectly logical
St. Petersburg Police Chief Chuck Harmon agrees. "Assault rifles are meant basically to kill human beings," said Harmon. "There are no other uses for them."

Gun owners like Earl Rhodes agree with the chief, but still want to own assault weapons

Assault rifles are selective fire military weapons firing an intermediate powered round

"Assault weapons" is a gun grabber term for an civilian semiautomatic rifle firing an intermediate powered round

67 posted on 05/31/2011 3:06:00 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy (Monarchy is the one system of government where power is exercised for the good of all - Aristotle)
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To: ctdonath2

I’ll admit. I’m not a big fan of full auto.
I fired the 50 cal guns on the side of my ship, and that was fun as hell.
But, I wasn’t paying for the bullets.
I’d just like to be able to get one someday if I’m in the mood and have the funds for it.
At this rate, though. it’s not going to happen.
(Unless someone clones Chesty and he wins the White House....)


68 posted on 05/31/2011 6:19:24 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (Let this chant follow BHO everywhere he goes: "You lie. You lie. You lie.")
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To: Niteranger68

“Googled him...open homo.”

Well, knock me over with a feather.


69 posted on 05/31/2011 6:32:30 PM PDT by allblues
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To: neverdem
"But people do not have a right to own a personal military assault weapon."

Since they're not military, are the jackboots such as SWAT allowed to own them in this brave new world?

70 posted on 05/31/2011 7:00:42 PM PDT by Borax Queen
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To: nerdwithagun
“Assault rifles are meant basically to kill human beings,” said Harmon. “There are no other uses for them.”

I'd love to tell that assclown about the deer that get taken every year in Idaho with AKs, SKSs, M-1As, even AR-15s. Of course, that's immaterial, because the 2nd Amendment isn't about hunting. I just love telling Leftists they're wrong, then the look of red faces and bulging veins as I prove it to them.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

71 posted on 05/31/2011 7:52:23 PM PDT by wku man (Who says conservatives don't rock? http://www.bigdawgmusicmafia.com/profile/AJAnonymous)
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To: neverdem
A lowlife, scumbag city councilman who thinks he's somebody trampling on the Second Amendment.

"But people do not have a right to own a personal military assault weapon."

When the Bill of Rights was written, a musket was a "personal military assault weapon". This boy is a punk with no knowledge of American history.

72 posted on 05/31/2011 8:34:59 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer ("...that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,..")
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To: neverdem

Hey Chief,

Molon Labe!

I’m just accross the bay.


73 posted on 06/01/2011 12:33:16 AM PDT by roaddog727 (It's the Constitution, Stupid!)
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To: neverdem

You and I will both be in the ground or in rest homes before sentences are handed out for Gun Walker participants. The agents who committed the most egregious acts will be allowed to retire and disappear from public view.


74 posted on 06/01/2011 10:17:44 AM PDT by B4Ranch (Allowing Islam into America is akin to injecting yourself with AIDS to prove how tolerant you are...)
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To: SoldierDad

I also agree with the chief. Military rifles were made to, uh, kill people.


75 posted on 06/01/2011 10:22:05 AM PDT by SeeSac
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To: SeeSac

The Chief isn’t as much making a statement about the purpose of “assault” rifles, as much as he’s agreeing with the primise that no one should own an “assault” rifle.


76 posted on 06/01/2011 3:10:22 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud dad of an Army Soldier currently deployed in the Valley of Death, Afghanistan)
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To: SoldierDad
The Chief isn’t as much making a statement about the purpose of “assault” rifles, as much as he’s agreeing with the primise that no one should own an “assault” rifle.

The citizen made it very clear. Don't muddy the waters.

77 posted on 06/01/2011 3:17:00 PM PDT by SeeSac
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To: SeeSac

I disagree - the “citizen’s” remark is not clear. The position of the Chief is that “citizens” should not own these weapons. Keep in mind who is writing the story, and what the intention of the writer is.


78 posted on 06/01/2011 3:25:35 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud dad of an Army Soldier currently deployed in the Valley of Death, Afghanistan)
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To: Oldpuppymax
“Gun owners like Rhodes...” SURPRISE!!!! The media found a gun owning leftist who wants to take YOUR weapons, but keep his OWN!!!!!

You are mischaracterizing Rhodes.

"If I'm in a situation where I need to protect my family, I don't want a single shot shotgun when I can have an assault weapon to do it with," said Rhodes. Rhodes owns two SKS assault rifles.

79 posted on 06/01/2011 3:36:41 PM PDT by SeeSac
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To: SoldierDad
I disagree - the “citizen’s” remark is not clear. The position of the Chief is that “citizens” should not own these weapons. Keep in mind who is writing the story, and what the intention of the writer is.

Please keep in mind who is writing the story and what the intention of the write is. The gunowner's statement is prefaced by another. You are JTS to make the link to the earlier statement when the gunowner says he should be allowed to own the guns.

80 posted on 06/01/2011 3:42:47 PM PDT by SeeSac
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