Posted on 02/14/2003 2:33:01 PM PST by Stew Padasso
Official urges families to buy guns Associated Press
WINSTON-SALEM - A city alderman peeved some residents of his ward Thursday when he told them to keep guns in their homes for protection in case of a disaster.
Republican Alderman Vernon Robinson had joined Mayor Allen Joines for a meeting with about 50 people at Green Street United Methodist Church.
Robinson has been representing the city and working with different agencies, such as the Red Cross, to make sure that the city has plans in place in the event of a national disaster or terrorist attack.
This week, a spokesman for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said that every American family should have enough water and food to last at least three days. The Bush administration also suggested that families stock up on duct tape and heavy plastic sheeting in case it becomes necessary to seal windows and heating vents after a strike with chemical, biological or radiological weapons.
Robinson said people who stocked up on food and water would need guns to fend off people who had no supplies. Federal officials would have recommended guns in the warning if not for anti-gun sentiment in the country, Robinson said.
His comments drew sighs and negative comments from some residents.
"What planet is this guy from?" one man said under his breath.
Robinson refused to back down.
"I invite everybody to put a sticker on their house saying, 'I'm a liberal, and I don't have a gun in my house,"' he said.
Dan Houston said people in his neighborhood shouldn't need weapons.
"There is an alternative to having guns in your home," Houston said. "I would say to my brothers and sisters, if you need water, you can come to my house."
Planet Harsh Reality
I'm getting one of these, soon.
Probably has a Florida tag on his car.
What planet is this guy from?
Genesis 19 -- ...Now before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both old and young, all the people from every quarter, surrounded the house. And they called to Lot and said to him, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us that we may know them carnally." So Lot went out to them through the doorway, shut the door behind him, and said, "Please, my brethren, do not do so wickedly! See now, I have two daughters who have not known a man; please, let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them as you wish."
SR
And no, you can't search my house without a warrant.
OK Dan, if your family is known to have a large cache of food and water when every other family in the neighborhood is eating the family cat and dipping water out of the fish tank, how long will your front door remain intact if you are known not to have firearms in your house?
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Go Vernon Go!!!
Idiot. I think this guy was born yesterday, or maybe early this morning.
Robinson refused to back down.
"I invite everybody to put a sticker on their house saying, 'I'm a liberal, and I don't have a gun in my house,"' he said.
Bwahahahahaha!!! Excellent comeback, Mr. Robinson. The political realm needs more people like you.
I always said that the NRA should print up some "This House is a Gun Free Zone" stickers and signs and hand them out to anti-gun groups and dare them to put them on their houses.
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