As I suggested might happen, the town of Gilberton, Pennsylvania suddenly realized that having an over the top crazy gun nut as chief of police use town weapons to make his own YouTube video threatening a large percentage of the citizens of the United States was not a good idea. When Kessler finally goes over the top and opens fire on a bunch of people he disagrees with, the town probably does not want to be involved as his employer or as the entity that owns the weapons (though as I understand it, Kessler bought the weapons with his own money and gave them to the police force, probably as a way of getting around the fact that his favorite toys are banned except for official use).<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, the suspension is temporary<\/a> …<\/p>\n In a closed meeting, the council voted 5-1 to suspended Kessler for 30 days, \u201cfor use of borough property for non-borough purposes without prior borough permission.\u201d In one of the videos, the tiny town\u2019s sole police officer used automatic weapons, which he was only legally authorized to do in his official capacity.<\/p>\n After the vote, there was what PennLive\u2019s John Luciew described as an \u201cimpromptu gun rights rally,\u201d with supporters with \u201call manner of firearms strapped to their belts and hanging from their shoulders.\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n … but I’m guessing this is only a first step.<\/p>\n The image above, from here<\/a>, shows some of the other gun nuts from Gilberton who formed a heavily armed mob to protest the town’s decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As I suggested might happen, the town of Gilberton, Pennsylvania suddenly realized that having an over the top crazy gun nut as chief of police use town weapons to make his own YouTube video threatening a large percentage of the citizens of the United States was not a good idea. When Kessler finally goes over … Continue reading Mark Kessler has been suspended.<\/span>