Why?
[D]efense lawyers argued they needed more time to comb through a mountain of evidence that the government has compiled.
In addition to being a former mayor, he was also a member of anti-gun New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's deceptively-named "Mayors Against Illegal Guns."
Deceptive? Well, yeah--with all the new edicts they're stumping for, it's clear their goal is to make more even guns "illegal," and control what you're "allowed" to own and under what conditions.
And Kilpatrick isn't the first lawbreaking coalition member wanting to impose disarmament laws on you. Not by a long shot.
And some of us have been documenting their criminal antics for some time.
For instance, there's the late Frank Melton of Jackson, MS, who, curiously, didn't think twice about violating "gun laws" himself. And more.
Then there was Larry Langford of Birmingham, sentenced to 15 years for bribery.
“I am sorry,” Langford said, “all this has occurred.”
Or Jeremiah Healey of Jersey City...let's see, obstructing justice, resisting arrest, nude and drinking on the porch, disorderly conduct...
“He seemed to feel very strongly that he was wronged. The judge felt differently.”
So many control-challenged individuals with a compulsion to control the rest of us...it's hard to keep track of them all.
Until now.
Check out (and bookmark!) Gun Owners Against Illegal Mayors, a website dedicated to chronicling the misadventures of the official criminals for gun control cabal. Hey, I even see a few names on there I haven't commented on!
Just remember to heed the warning from the website's slideshow, and don't try to apprehend one of these criminals yourself.
Chances are, the ones that haven't been caught yet have taxpayer-funded armed bodyguards.
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Hi David - I linked to two of your articles yesterday in my piece about the local Long Island Firearms group. Will be happy to crosslink as applicable.
Pat Ryder
Long Island Events Examiner
http://www.examiner.com/events-in-long-island/long-island-s-second-amend...
the NRA used to have a big list of anti-gun mayors and their problems with the law. i haven't been able to find it again. i wonder why they don't publicize it more?
The NRA is not your friend.
And of course it's not just mayors. My favorite dirty anti-gun pol was Massachusetts' first black senator, Diane Wilkerson of Boston, who had the "political wisdom" to determine that vast swathes of the law-abiding citizenry should not be allowed to own guns, but had real difficulty understanding the more subtle ramifications of house arrest (like, not leaving her house) or the ethical issues inherent in stuffing $23K of bribes into an already overloaded bra.
This is Robert- Political office often attracts the type of personality that thinks the law is intended for other poeple and that is why someone seeks office so they can live above the law. The idea of serving the public and presenting a proper image of what a good and law biding citizen should be never enters the equation or their mind at any time. Once again they are in office to control things and the only way a politician controls things is when they have all the weapons and make the laws and not the public. An armed public can say no and mean it.. A politician's worst nightmare.
Latin America political saying:
"For my family and friends, everything. For everyone else, the law."
What a shock, the anti-gun politicians are actually crooks themselves... nothing more than thugs. Good article, David.
"Why are so many anti-gun mayors criminals?"
Because the voters are idiots - look at Cleveland :-)
Jeez - we forgot Marion Barry, former mayor of DC :-)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_barry
you might be interested in this
The Mayor of Bell, CA along with other city console officials were arrested today for misappropriating funds. When cops attempted to arrest the mayor, he refused to open the door so it had to be knocked down with a battering ram.
You should include this incident in a follow up
Because criminals feel safer when honest citizens are not armed. Then they are free too do their dirty deeds with little fear of harm.
btw, How is that gun control working in Mayor Diddlie's town? Hear he wants to arm all police with assault rifles? Could it be to show private citizens that they should not exercise their hard fought right to own a handgun for self defense?
Wait. So you're saying the 'Only Ones' did a good thing by arresting these people? That can't be right.
You need to understand what the "Only Ones" are. If you think it's synonymous with "cop" you've not read the explanation I've made time and again, including as a permanent feature in the sidebar at WarOnGuns.
But at the end of a lot of your 'Only Ones" posts you imply that it's not just a few bad apples. I read that to mean you believe the rot extends to a majority of cops. Maybe I'm reading that wrong and that's not what you mean?
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