St. Louis City Leader Tells Residents to Arm Themselves

[Kythas]

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St. Louis City Leader Says Police Ineffective, Tells Residents to Get Armed

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."

[WEC]

The quote from the police chief is absolutely absurd:

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

Even more so when viewed adjacent to Kythas' signature:

"To disarm the people... was the best and most effectual way to enslave them."

-- George Mason, speech of June 14, 1788

It's a sad day when the police, who are sworn "to serve and to protect," and who admitted via a district police commander that they were spread too thinly to offer said protection, have been brainwashed just as other antis that a disarmed community is "safer."

[The Annoyed Man]

Here is a picture of Alderman Troupe in his district, talking to some of his constituents. It looks like a place where being well armed is a good idea. He's right on this one.

[Keith B]

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