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Mayor Tells Townspeople To Arm Themselves

And no, it wasn't in San Francisco. From the Montgomery Advertiser (AL):

Mayor Bobby Bright is unapologetic and stands firm behind comments he made this week about the need for residents to buy guns and learn how to use them to protect themselves from criminals.

It is a solid concept for people to protect themselves since the criminal justice system is not working, Bright said.

"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.

"We have got to put the career criminal on notice, we are not going to take it anymore," he said. "They are not going to walk in and walk out and rob our innocent citizens in Montgomery."

Apparently this is not the first time Bright has advocated this but I wonder if more officials will jump on the 2A bandwagon in light of the looting scenes we saw in NOLA. Not that we'll ever hear stuff like this in Chicago, DC, or San Francisco. Still, Montgomery has a population of over 200,000 people so we're not talking about some tiny "burb" in Maine. And yes, I know it's a rather conservative town...

Update: Mayor Bright was just on Cam Edwards and says he has the full support of the Chief of Police. Of course, since he appointed the Chief of Police...