St Louis Alderman calls on residents to carry guns

[Grassman]

Won't make a bit of difference in this case. I'm sure most are already packing heat. I'm sure that the 9 deaths in 10 months were criminals perpetrated against other criminals. That's just one guys opinion. I hope I'm wrong and it does make a difference, and a few bleeding heart libs notice.

 

[catfish101]

This needs to be a trend.

Yes, there very well could be more gun deaths because of this. Thats Ok if the deaths are the thugs and not law abiding citizens.

 

[longdayjake]

There could be, Isom says, unanticipated consequences, such as arguments that escalate into shootings because of the presence of

Have you ever noticed that arguments against ccw are always hypothetical? I am not saying that it can't happen, but it seems that most of the anti-legislation is based on what might happen.

 

[franconialocal]

Like many of you have revealed, I too am EXTREMELY happy and totally impressed by this article. I live in rural (I mean...really rural) northern NH where guns, both for hunting, sport, and security have just been a "way of life" for many many generations. I have never wanted to, nor ever would live in a city for many of the given reasons in the article. My uncle, however, lives in a suburb of Chicago that I've seen, in my lifetime, change from a pleasant farm community to a drug crazed city wide crack house with a skyrocketing homeless rate, rampant crime, decaying buildings, etc. DUE IN NO SMALL PART to gang problems, low incomes, lost family values, etc.

I can't imagine NOT CCW in a place like that as a rational law abiding citizen (my point being ANYWHERE these days). It seems as though now the criminals will have cause to fear in return for all the fear they have been spreading to the good people of this country.

 

[MikePGS]

There could be, Isom says, unanticipated consequences, such as arguments that escalate into shootings because of the presence of

That argument just shows that the person making said argument is insane. I have never wanted to murder someone in the middle of the argument, yet person making such a claim clearly has considered doing so. Basically they're just letting us know they are a potential psychopath.

 

[zebco]

I lived in the city of St. Louis for many years. I never would have imagined him, or any alderman from his part of town being pro-CCW.

A link to send an email to him was in an earlier post in this thread. People should take the time to encourage him to keep getting his message out there. His district is almost all african-american, and they've been fed the anti-gun message from the democratic machine their whole lives. It's about time someone stands up for the truth and common sense.

I sent an email earlier applauding his views on gun ownership and CCW. Perhaps he should, at the very least, run for mayor of the city of St. Louis.

 

[Dday]

Big thumbs up to Troupe. It takes a lot of courage to take the stand that he has (given the obvious push-back that he knew he'd get). Having eyes wide open is possible even in far-left strongholds I guess.

 

[Gerald in Ga]

Sounds like local law enforcement has had no apparent impact on crime. And as such the department should be banned.

 

[D-Day]

I emailed Mr. Troupe and gave him my thanks.

 

[HeavenlySword]

Same.