Marion, IA police chief mails "No Gun" stickers

[rluening]

http://omaha.com/article/20110208/NEWS01/702089910/-1#chief-wants-businesses-to-bar-guns

Wow.

/rl

[OnTheFly]

Has he paid NO attention to the results of shall issue across the rest of the nation?  Or is Marion just on the edge of boiling over because of all the civil unrest?  Come on!

Fly

[Hardwood83]

He is ignorant, a bung-hole or, most likely, both.

[justsomeguy]

Evidently, he is ignorant. The "No Gun" signs do not carry the force of law in Iowa.

[bullit]

Who is paying for said signs?  Tax dollars?

[OnTheFly]

Evidently, he is ignorant. The "No Gun" signs do not carry the force of law in Iowa.

Really?! Then what in the H-E-Double hockey sticks does he think he is going to accomplish?  Not only do those magic signs NOT stop criminals, they will not stop the CHP'ers.

Fly

[justsomeguy]

They won't legally force me to stay out of a business, but they will keep me from spending my money there.

[Rodney Moorhead]

Here is his offices phone number.  319-377-1511

[maanbr]

Well, I will not click on the link above since it is an Omaha World Herald site (I have issues with them and will not support them)

Anyway, here is another link to this topic:
http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Gun-Ban-Letters-Draw-Criticism-in-Marion-115514049.html

[rluening]

Here's a link to the (alleged) letter:

http://hot-issues.net/

It is posted at the top of the page. The chief is leaning on business owners pretty hard....

/rl

[skydve76]

openly??  does he not know what concealed means?

[A-FIXER]

Misappropriation of funds I would say, or does this mean if during raids and arrest the bounty is and can be use as police chiefs or sherrifs what if the sum would be like cash, autos, or the like to be used as they desire who oversee's them this is a cyclical comment---- where is the oversight committee???

[bkoenig]

So he says the money came from drug busts.  It doesn't matter, using money from drug busts to further his own political agenda means tax money has to be spent on other things, that the drug bust money should have been used for.  I agree, misappropriation of funds and he should be investigated just like if he had used this for a political campaign.

[A-FIXER]

EXACTLY...............^

[Dan W]

But Rich Foens, owner of Smitty?s Shoe Repair, said he wasn?t that concerned when he posted the sticker from Marion Police.

?I don?t see anybody so strong on the other side they?re going to boycott your business because of it,? Foens said.

[bugs bunny]He don't know us very well , do he![/bugs bunny]