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burf

(1,164 posts)
Mon Jan 2, 2012, 02:47 PM Jan 2012

Will Bloomberg kick him out of the club?

Mobile, Alabama Mayor Sam Jones has some explaining to do in the wake of a highly-publicized incident before Christmas during which he held a burglary suspect at gunpoint, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today.

Jones, a Democrat, is a member of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, an organization that has campaigned for stricter gun control laws that affect average private citizens.

According to published reports, Jones was returning home from an errand, driving his private vehicle. “His bodyguard, who drives the mayor’s city vehicle, was not on duty,” the Press-Register newspaper reported. And now there are questions about whether the mayor has an Alabama carry permit.

So, Mr Mayor, its ok for you to carry, yet you are opposed to your constiuents from being able to protect themselves. Mobile must be a pretty rough neighborhood with a mayor who carries even though he has a bodyguard.

http://www.ammoland.com/2012/01/02/mobile-al-mayor-member-of-maig-hypocrisy-showing-in-burglary-case/

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Will Bloomberg kick him out of the club? (Original Post) burf Jan 2012 OP
Nah, anti-gun Bloomberg has armed bodyguards. However... SteveW Jan 2012 #1
Only important people like pipoman Jan 2012 #2
At least he's not another MAIG criminal? ntxt DonP Jan 2012 #3
There is a question about burf Jan 2012 #4
I guess I'll have to revise this post.. X_Digger Jan 2012 #5

SteveW

(754 posts)
1. Nah, anti-gun Bloomberg has armed bodyguards. However...
Mon Jan 2, 2012, 03:04 PM
Jan 2012

Don't go to Mobile where late-afternoon showers affecting only your lower legs are common.

 

pipoman

(16,038 posts)
2. Only important people like
Mon Jan 2, 2012, 03:07 PM
Jan 2012

Mayors and Governors are in danger. They're the only ones ever targeted by the evil unwashed..

burf

(1,164 posts)
4. There is a question about
Mon Jan 2, 2012, 03:17 PM
Jan 2012

Mr Mayor having the permit he is against the unwashed from having. I guess the facts will come out sooner or later.

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