St. Louis Alderman Calls for Residents to Arm Themselves.

[Ske1etor]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,460725,00.html

ST. LOUIS — A St. Louis city leader frustrated with the police response to rising crime called Tuesday on residents to arm themselves to protect their lives and property.

Alderman Charles Quincy Troupe said police are ineffective, outnumbered or don't care about the increase in crime in his north St. Louis ward. St. Louis has had 157 homicides in 2008, 33 more than last year at this time.

"The community has to be ready to defend itself, because it's clear the economy is going to get worse, and criminals are getting more bold," Troupe, 72, said Tuesday.

Troupe said that when he and residents approached a district police commander last year, they were told "there was nothing he could do to protect us and the community ... that he didn't have the manpower."

Police did not immediately return requests for comment. Chief Dan Isom told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch he understands Troupe's frustration but doesn't support citizens arming themselves.

Carrying guns, he said, is not a "recipe for a less violent community."

I like how the Chief didn't have time to comment on the situation but was able to state that he doesn't support citizens arming themselves... What an *******.

 

[spanky]

Good for him.

 

[posse comatosis]

Carrying guns, he said, is not a "recipe for a less violent community."

That's is a meaningless statement. So it gets more violent when honest citizens gun up against criminals. What's his problem?

 

[mct601]

Criminals already have the guns, apparently, might as well arm the law abiding citizens. The day the media realizes the difference between a CRIMINAL owning a gun and a CITIZEN legally buying a gun, I may have a heart attack.

 

[Ske1etor]

Criminals already have the guns, apparently, might as well arm the law abiding citizens. The day the media realizes the difference between a CRIMINAL owning a gun and a CITIZEN legally buying a gun, I may have a heart attack.

Better get the paddles ready. I don't think it will happen very soon... but when it does, a bunch of folks are going to fall out.

 

[posse comatosis]

Well you are never going to die from a heart attack, that's for sure.

Can the po-leece make a cardiac arrest in Missouri?

 

[LACamper]

I REALLY wish they would publish every victim's rap sheet along with the perp's. People's opinion of crime and how we fight it would change... Gee, all the people getting killed in this section of town are criminals. Lets keep the cops out and give out free boxes of bullets...