Jackson Miss Mayor pleas out a CCW charge

[hoffmang]

The Democratic Mayor of Jackson Mississippi pleaded out of a felony carrying concealed at a church and on campus.

Pretty funny and more funny how hard it is to figure out that he is a Democrat:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061115/ap_on_re_us/pistol_packing_mayor

JACKSON, Miss. - Mayor Frank Melton, who has taken a hard stand against the city's rising crime rate, pleaded guilty to weapons charges Wednesday in a deal with prosecutors that lets him stay in office and out of jail.

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He's had a colorful gun history as well:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Melton

-Gene

Edit: I added his party to Wikipedia - it wasn't there before.

[chiefcrash]

meh, he's not a democrat, he's a dixiecrat...

[jnojr]

"He was given a six-month suspended sentence on each count, plus one year probation, and was fined $1,500."

Would someone who wasn't a black Mayor have received the same offer?

[MisterDudeManGuy]

"He was given a six-month suspended sentence on each count, plus one year probation, and was fined $1,500."

Would someone who wasn't a black Mayor have received the same offer?

Hmmm... I wonder if the $2.7 million they had set aside for him got hung up in committee...?

[Scarecrow Repair]

Like marion Berry?

Would someone who wasn't a black Mayor have received the same offer?

Sheesh. Racism works both ways I guess.

[CalNRA]

a gun-packing black Democrat Mayor? I wonder how his stance on 2nd Amendment is, or is he just one of those politicians who thinks he's above the law?

[MisterDudeManGuy]

a gun-packing black Democrat Mayor? I wonder how his stance on 2nd Amendment is, or is he just one of those politicians who thinks he's above the law?

He does think that he is above the law, that much is certain. I would bet money that he is openly anti-gun while maintaining weaponry himself. One of those "I can be trusted but no one else can" types.

Anyway, what is it about politicians and guns? If someone wanted him, a handgun wouldn't help him anyway. That's just dumb.

[shark92651]

Hmmm... I wonder if the $2.7 million they had set aside for him got hung up in committee...?

I wonder how many here get that joke. I have been following that unbelievable Tennie Pierce 2.7 mil dogfood story. Unbelievable...

[MisterDudeManGuy]

I wonder how many here get that joke. I have been following that unbelievable Tennie Pierce 2.7 mil dogfood story. Unbelievable...

I'm gonna say it here in front of God and the world: I'll eat a CASE of dogfood for $2.7 million... Oh man, don't get me started...

[jnojr]

Hmmm... I wonder if the $2.7 million they had set aside for him got hung up in committee...?

BWAHAHAHA!!!

I doubt it, since that sort of payoff sails straight through!

[jnojr]

Sheesh. Racism works both ways I guess.

You're an idiot.