Pittsburgh Mayor Illustrates He’s Oblivious To Reality And His Own Words

By Tom Knighton

Some people don’t seem to think.

As a parent, I’m constantly amazed at how my children seem to lack the ability to utilize their brain function at various times. Recollecting my youth, though, I remember my parents were amazed at the same thing as me. Eventually, kids grow out of it. They don’t always make great decisions, even as adults, but you start recognizing that there’s at least some cognitive function going on.

Unless, of course, you become mayor of Pittsburgh, in which case you get stuff like this:

Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto on Sunday rejected President Trump’s suggestion that armed guards would have changed the outcome of the deadly attack on a synagogue that left 11 worshipers dead.

“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 told NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “I think we’re dealing with an irrational person who acted irrationally. And trying to create laws around that is not the way that we should govern.”

Instead, he said gun control laws should be toughened.

“I think the approach we need to be …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms