Pittsburgh mayor pushes back on Trump suggestion to arm houses of worship

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill



BY BRETT SAMUELS - 10/28/18 10:48 AM EDT

Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto (D) said Sunday that he disagrees with President Trump's suggestion that armed guards at houses of worship could prevent shootings like the one at a synagogue in the city a day earlier.

"I don't think that the answer to this problem is solved by having our synagogues, mosques and churches filled with armed guards or our schools filled with armed guards," Peduto said on NBC's "Meet the Press."

"I think we're dealing with an irrational person who acted irrationally," he continued. "And trying to create laws around that is not the way that we should govern. We should try to stop irrational behavior from happening at the forefront."

Peduto did not explicitly call for changes to gun laws, but noted that he's a member of a bipartisan group called Mayors Against Illegal Guns. Police did not indicate that the suspect in Saturday's shooting acquired his guns illegally.

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[matt819]

1. I'd like to see

The people of Pittsburgh and the tree of life congregation tell trump that they don’t want him to visit.

[FarPoint]

3. I thought of that all day yesterday...

I'm from Pittsburgh born and raised...live in Ohio now... Pittsburgh is still my home.

I'd love to see unity from Pittsburgh to tell tRump to stay away...Like John McCain did for his funeral.

[Maggiemayhem]

2. I think the four cops who were wounded were well armed

[FarPoint]

4. Exactly!

They arrived immediately, highly trained, prepared.. were out gunned and shot....

[BumRushDaShow]

5. They brought in SWAT teams!

And from what I read, the guy was shooting at them out of a window (I believe there were 6 cops injured from that).

[irisblue]

9. Cops had hand guns, side arms, the MAGATerrorist had an automatic weapon

Big difference. The onsite cops were out gunned.

[duforsure]

6. By his choosing more guns over legislation

Shows his contempt for others right to a life without fear of being gunned down anywhere in this country, but he won't allow guns to his rally's.

[2naSalit]

10. +1

[BumRushDaShow]

7. Anyone remember the National Holocaust Museum shooting

where an armed guard was killed?

This was almost 10 years ago.

https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2009/new-evidence-shows-holocaust-museum-shooter-james-von-brunn-had-long-craved-attention

THIS is what happens in reality, despite having armed security "stationed" at the entrance of your facility, when someone comes inside determined to kill.

[dalton99a]

8. +1

[djacq]

11. Please Disinvite that Orange Clown!

What POTUS jokes about canceling a event because of a bad hair day? Let alone, going to an event?

What POTUS has time to watch the World Series?

What POTUS gives a wink and nod to the NRA?

With the WEEK OF HATE that this county had?

GOTV