City Hall fear

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METHUEN — An on-duty police officer has been providing security at City Council meetings lately, which has Councilor Stephen Zanni asking why.

Zanni said the officer's time would be better spent patrolling the streets.

"I'm sure he's bored here, standing around with nothing to do," Zanni said.

Police have sent one on-duty beat cop to the last few meetings, after Councilor Jeanne Pappalardo asked Mayor William Manzi if the police could send an officer.

Pappalardo made the request after she heard about a February shooting in Kirkwood, Mo., in which a gunman stormed into a council meeting and shot and killed two councilors, two police officers and the public works director. The gunman also severely wounded the mayor, before being shot and killed by police. There was a police officer guarding that meeting, and the gunman killed him, according to news reports.

http://www.eagletribune.com/punews/local_story_148004422.html

 

[KMaurer]

Pappalardo made the request after she heard about a February shooting in Kirkwood, Mo., in which a gunman stormed into a council meeting and shot and killed two councilors, two police officers and the public works director. The gunman also severely wounded the mayor, before being shot and killed by police. There was a police officer guarding that meeting, and the gunman killed him, according to news reports.

http://www.eagletribune.com/punews/local_story_148004422.html

So she's asked for a police officer to be there so that she won't die alone???

Actually there shouldn't be any worries. Isn't Methuen one of those towns that requires that lunatics get a letter from their physician in order to get a license to assault public meetings?

Ken

 

[MarkM]

She probably worried one of those evil NH guns is going to sneak across the border and attack them.

 

[strangenh]

She probably worried one of those evil NH guns is going to sneak across the border and attack them.

Don't laugh - she's using precisely the same logic that had a NH state representative propose making the state house a "gun free zone" by putting up signs and having a reception desk.

 

[KMaurer]

Don't laugh - she's using precisely the same logic that had a NH state representative propose making the state house a "gun free zone" by putting up signs and having a reception desk.

In a mythical state that actually respected the Constitution, but still believed that the government had a responsibility to "do things" for people who couldn't manage to do them for themselves, the state house would be a "free gun zone", where those too impecunious to afford quality guns for their families' protection would be provided with the same guns issued to the state's National Guard.

Ken

 

[BigWarden]

There was a big Earthquake in China that killed a whole bunch of people a few weeks ago … maybe they need to have a Seismologist on hand at these City Council meetings just to keep an eye on things to be sure that no Earthquakes catch them by surprise.

 

[calsdad]

In a mythical state that actually respected the Constitution, but still believed that the government had a responsibility to "do things" for people who couldn't manage to do them for themselves, the state house would be a "free gun zone", where those too impecunious to afford quality guns for their families' protection would be provided with the same guns issued to the state's National Guard.

Ken

Better yet in a mythical state that actually respected the Constitution the government would not be sticking their noses into things that were none of their business - then legislators like Jeanne Pappalardo might not have to worry about getting shot by disgruntled citizens in the first place.

The question somebody should be asking Ms. Pappalardo is: "What is it you have done that makes you so worried about getting shot by a disgruntled citizen?"

 

[Palladin]

This is the same town that just indicted the police chief!

Bravo!

 

[FPrice]

The question somebody should be asking Ms. Pappalardo is: "What is it you have done that makes you so worried about getting shot by a disgruntled citizen?"

This is the same town that just indicted the police chief!

Hmmmm. Nah. It couldn't be.

 

[MarkM]

Don't laugh - she's using precisely the same logic that had a NH state representative propose making the state house a "gun free zone" by putting up signs and having a reception desk.

The difference is in NH the Citizens went along to the hearings and told the state representative to stop being such a crazy moonbat.......

 

[M14Robert]

The question somebody should be asking Ms. Pappalardo is: "What is it you have done that makes you so worried about getting shot by a disgruntled citizen?"

Fear the Government that fears your guns