City council mocked/pranked by Smart Alec 2A activist.

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City council mocked/pranked by Smart Alec 2A activist.

Postby gunsmith on Tue Feb 11, 2014 11:26 pm

City council mocked/pranked by Smart Alec 2A activist.



I like this guy's attitude...if it happened it MN it would make all the newscasts.

An Oregon resident, who is also a business owner and father, attended the Ashland City Council’s regular meeting on Feb. 4 only to relentlessly mock the governing body over its “knee-jerk” gun control efforts. The members had no choice but to listen.

At first, it wasn’t entirely obvious that the Ashland resident, who identified himself as Johnny Bolton, was satirizing the issue of gun control. However, it became clear rather quickly.

“I’d like to introduce a new public safety concern group: Citizens for a Really Safe Ashland,” Bolton began.

He went on to pitch some of the group’s “reasonable” and “common sense” measures to improve public safety.

“Citizens for a Really Safe Ashland want to capitalize on the desire to act in a timely manner — or even in a knee-jerk, expedited manner — to introduce a comprehensive public safety ordinance that, whilst perhaps not addressing any genuine or legitimate issues, does serve to promote a divisive and partisan agenda ” Bolton said.

“Why, we ask, must we settle for merely copying other municipalities’ poorly thought out, ineffective and unenforceable ordinances when we can craft our own?” he asked.



Bolton mockingly lectured the city council on why European countries are “lightyears” ahead of the U.S. in terms of public safety, citing the “highly-esteemed British Medical Journal.”

“And I kid you not,” he continued. “[The British Medical Journal] proposes banning all kitchen knives over 4 inches long, because the people would be safer.”

And still, he wasn’t done: “Our proposed ordinance, currently being hastily drafted by our team, will seek to a.) regulate the public visibility of and b.) seek to punish those that allow minors access to the following potentially dangerous, often unfamiliar, and in some instances, downright scary items: Knives, chainsaws, power tools, hammers, ladders, bath tubs, car keys, alcohol, prescription and nonprescription medication.”



Mayor John Stromberg, who presides over the council meetings, did not look amused by this point.


Frumpy Council President:

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Re: City council mocked/pranked by Smart Alec 2A activist.

Postby gunsmith on Tue Feb 11, 2014 11:37 pm

From the You Tube page:

A citizen speaks to the City Council in opposition to a local "loaded carry" ban ordinance one of the Councilors has brought for consideration. No facts, figures, statistics, or other evidence of any existing problem has been presented by the sponsoring Councilor. She has however, made emotional pleas to "protect the children", dropped the "Sandy Hook" tragedy as supporting gun regulation, and other such ********.

She actually said "I know there are statistics out there but I didn't look them up". WTF

Meanwhile, the Chief of Police has stated that the town has NEVER had an incident involving an open carrier. Hmmmmm no problem? Why an ordinance then? Oh yeah....to FEEL good.

This citizen uses satire to point out the idiocy of the proposed ordinance.


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about the speaker and the organization "Citizens for a REALLY Safe Ashland" can be found at the following links:

http://www.citizensforareallysafeashland.org

http://www.libertyashland.org

http://www.vigofox.com"

I would assume Oregon has 'Local Pre-emption' which would make a township ordinance irrelevant.
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Re: City council mocked/pranked by Smart Alec 2A activist.

Postby Spartan on Tue Feb 11, 2014 11:55 pm

this is kind of response all liberal spew should elicit.
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Re: City council mocked/pranked by Smart Alec 2A activist.

Postby Sietch on Wed Feb 12, 2014 1:29 pm

Heh. That's great.
Tony Martin. It could happen to us.
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Re: City council mocked/pranked by Smart Alec 2A activist.

Postby gunsmith on Wed Feb 12, 2014 2:11 pm

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White House Petition: 'Ban Hammers and Baseball Bats'

An online petition is asking the Obama Administration to ban hammers and baseball bats.

WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO:

ban hammers and baseball bats.

In 2005, the number of murders committed with a rifle was 445, while the number of murders committed with hammers and clubs was 605. In 2006, the number of murders committed with a rifle was 438, while the number of murders committed with hammers and clubs was 618. In 2011, there was 323 murders committed with a rifle but 496 murders committed with hammers and clubs. It's clearly time to take action on hammers and baseball bats
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Re: City council mocked/pranked by Smart Alec 2A activist.

Postby gunsmith on Wed Feb 12, 2014 2:13 pm

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