Comments on: Today in the news 06.04.07

By: bobby_b

bobby_b — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:28:26 +0000

First, keep in mind what the Chaska COP is lobbying for:

"The mayors group is working to drum up opposition to the Tiahrt amendment, which prevents the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives from sharing certain information about gun sales with local police departments. "

Pretty basic stuff. Info-sharing. From the feds, to the locals. He's a local. No surprise.

And, he's employed by Chaska, which is sort of a schizophrenic place these days. For years, it was a very quiet little place, full of good ol' boys and farmers and mechanics and quite a large hispanic population. It was the kind of place where the locals all went to Shakopee for the big-city entertainment.

But now, the yuppie-ring has expanded to include all of Chaska, and all of the open land (which was extensive) is filling with big homes in dense neighborhoods. (The old locals decry the loss of the small-town feel.) The new residents - family types, moderately-to-fairly-well-off (think $250k-$550k homes) - are more citified, and less wild-west-pioneer-farmer-hunter attuned. So, their progressive (in a fairly realistic way) COP gives them the warm fuzzies.

He's not a no-gun-nut, by any means. He has more of a "can we be reasonable about this" appraoch.

By: mazasapa

mazasapa — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:24:25 +0000

I’ll give up mine when Tony Bouza gives up his.

By: msparber

msparber — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:00:23 +0000

If Chaska has a lot of criminals on the street, they're doing a pretty bad job, according to Chaska crime stats. The city is well below the average on the whole, except, strangely, in the category of forcible rape.

I keep running into police chiefs who want hand guns taken off the streets, including the former chief of police of Minneapolis, Tony Bouza. I suspect it is because they have to deal with so many handgun deaths.

By: bud jr

bud jr — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:50:55 +0000

It seems to me that maybe Chaska has too many criminals on the streets.

THAT must be why this weenie "Chief" is so afraid.

Why would he be upset about law abiding gun owners?

THEY don't commit crime or threaten his officers now, do they?

Gun control is hitting where you aim.

By: Binky .357

Binky .357 — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 03:20:08 +0000

I’m not even talking about second amendment issues in this case… just the uniform that jackass wears when he’s on camera.

My god, what a stroker.

By: mazasapa

mazasapa — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 03:02:45 +0000

Sorry, but the 2nd Amendment trumps some uniformed bureaucrat’s desire to pull an uneventful shift. Stay in the donut shop, chief, if you’re so afraid of your citizenry.

By: DouglasG

DouglasG — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 02:52:43 +0000

Funny, the Chaska police chief reminds me of a guy who would rather have his people not face a gun when they go out on a call. How crazy!

By: Binky .357

Binky .357 — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 02:44:55 +0000

Chaska’s police chief reminds me of that nazi sellout in Slaughterhouse five that they meet in the bomb-shelter during one of the air-raids. All red white and blue with eagles and swastikas, talking about how it’s better to give in because the Nazis are gonna win anyway.

What a lunatic.

By: top10-we'll talk

top10-we'll talk — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:20:36 +0000

Star Trib is the 12th largest newspaper in the US. And I hate to think of the Twin Cities as a secondary market.

HI-larious!!!!

By: wayne

wayne — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 22:05:25 +0000

Are you related to our 'beloved' Governor Pawlenty? He has been known to have his relatives come on this site and say stupid things.....

ORLY?