Today's column strikes me as a forum-worthy discussion topic.Cockrel won't say if he packs; Jones and Watson don't.Gary Brown, Kwame Kenyatta, Charles Pugh and James Tate are usually armed. . . . And the Rev. Andre Spivey, pastor of St. Paul AME, said he plans to get his CCW permit before Thanksgiving.
. . . Kenyatta said that members sometimes must ward off irate citizens.
Spivey 'splains:And how do we feel . . . more comfortable or concerned about the message this sends, the image this may reinforce?" I've talked with several incumbents, and the office presents some challenges. I don't feel I have to use it, but I'll feel more comfortable having it. . . . We're in a different age."
Rochelle sees a tough call:"It is quite the conundrum: To carry or not to carry in a city where gun violence is as prevalent as Temptations music, so mundane that children are used to it."
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