Good thing he didn’t have a gun
Radley Balko: Second Amendment-Loathing Mayor Attacked With Lead Pipe.
Hats off to the mayor for intervening. However, he would have been more effective with a weapon. This is the same town where the chief of police, with the support of the mayor, said:
My message to my troops is if you see anybody carrying a gun on the streets of Milwaukee, well put them on the ground, take the gun away and then decide whether you have a right to carry it.
August 18th, 2009 at 10:22 am
Guy hates guns, tries to reduce firearms and then puts his teeth on the line, good for him. I hope he has plenty more teeth though….me? I’d just pull a glock and save the teeth for later.
August 18th, 2009 at 11:57 am
Hopefully the next attacker he deals with will have an axe instead of a pipe.
I have zero sympathy for this assclown.
He just demonstrated why little old ladies SHOULD be able to carry pistols.
August 18th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
Im just hoping he got his ASS kicked. This article is proof positive that outlawings guns wont stop criminals. This guy used a Pipe, could have been a knife or ball bat etc… Not having a gun WONT deter Criminals, VICTIMS having guns, will curb criminals.
August 18th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
Lowes does not sell lead pipe.
Ace Hardware does not sell lead pipe.
Home Depot does not sell lead pipe.
When I asked my local plumber, he just looked at me funny and walked away.
So WHERE THE HELL DID THIS GUY GET HIS LEAD PIPE?
August 18th, 2009 at 5:42 pm
It came from a state with lax pipe laws?
I hope he installs it in his house as a momento of his brave service to the community he subjects to these kinds of things…and drinks heavily from it.
August 18th, 2009 at 6:07 pm
You can see the guys youtube video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63GiXzpfGhA
August 18th, 2009 at 6:37 pm
Do’h!
I posted under the wrong article. 🙁
My previous comment was meant for “Taking normalization too far?”
August 18th, 2009 at 10:21 pm
A man without a gun is still a man. And the mayor proved it, I think.
August 18th, 2009 at 10:48 pm
I was gonna say, I thought we implemented lead pipe control years ago 🙂
August 18th, 2009 at 11:01 pm
Look, the mayor didn’t run away without helping but all he did was yell and try to call 911. The attempt to call 911 wasn’t effective and the incident turned bad for the mayor very quickly. A carry gun’s purpose is to handle situations where your reasonable action to stop a crime is met with aggression by the criminal. All the more important in this situation as the guy claimed to have a gun and not afraid to use it. The mayor got lucky in that the guy didn’t have or pull his gun,
August 19th, 2009 at 12:57 am
I respect the mayor’s courage, and ridicule his thought processes.
August 19th, 2009 at 1:00 am
I would buy him a beer.