And what did he have to say?
More police? More investment in community programs? Crackdown on gangs?
Faith based initiatives?
NOPE.
He blame shifted. It's not his fault he says.
From Sunday's News and Observer:
Meeker agrees that there are too many guns on Raleigh's streets, but he says state and federal laws bar the council from doing anything about it.
"We really don't have any authority there," he said. "We're left policing after terrible incidents have occurred."Meeker agrees that there are too many guns on Raleigh's streets, but he says state and federal laws bar the council from doing anything about it.
News and Observer, 2-15-09
That's it. That's literally all he had to say.
So Meeker takes the standard guns kill people excuse. This is the best he could do to explain crime and address solving the problem.
After an almost 50% increase in murders in Raleigh last year and this is the best answer he could muster.
Raleigh's well on its way to besting that number this year.
Don't blame me. It's Bev Perdue and Barack Obama's fault says Mayor "benign neglect" Meeker.
