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ATTORNEY JOIN ME THIS MORNING.
CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY?
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> OBVIOUSLY GUN LAWS GET A LOT
OF PEOPLE, SPORTSMEN, LAW
ENFORCEMENT UPSET, THE
REGULATIONS AND CERTAINLY YOU
TALK A LOT ABOUT YOUR
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.
BUT GIVEN EVERYTHING THAT'S
HAPPENED SO FAR AND YOU ARE THE
POLICE CHIEF, DO YOU HAVE ANY
REGRETS ABOUT HOW YOU WENT ABOUT
THESE VIDEOS?
>> NO, I DO NOT.
I EXPRESSED MY FIRST AMENDMENT
RIGHT AND MY SECOND AMENDMENT
RIGHT.
I HAVE NO REGRET.
>> DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THE WAY
YOU WENT ABOUT IT IS WHY PEOPLE
ARE UPSET, WORRIED ABOUT YOU IN
THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE YOU ARE
THE POLICE CHIEF, NOT JUST SOME
OTHER PERSON WHO IS UPSET ABOUT
GUN LAWS?
>> WELL, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO
VOICE THEIR OPINIONS UNDER THE
CONSTITUTION AND I APPLAUD THEM
FOR THAT.
>> CHRIS, I THINK THAT ALSO IF
THE CHIEF DID NOT GO ABOUT IT IN
THE MANNER THAT HE DID, HE WOULD
HAVE NOT HAVE CAUSED THE
ATTENTION THAT NEEDED TO BE
CAUSED TO HIS PLIGHT, WHICH IS
PROTECTION OF BOTH THE FIRST AND
SECOND AMENDMENT.
>> EXPLAIN THIS TO ME, CHIEF.
WHY DO YOU SEE THIS AS THE BEST
WAY FOR PEOPLE TO STAND THEIR
RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH AND THEIR
RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, I COULD HAVE
DID A VIDEO AND JUST SAID, HEY,
THIS IS CHIEF KESSLER, YOU KNOW,
OUR RIGHTS ARE BEING -- I
BELIEVE OUR RIGHTS ARE BEING
INFRINGED UPON FOR THE SECOND
AMENDMENT AND NOBODY WOULD HAVE
GAVE IT A SECOND LOOK.
I DID IT IN A WAY WHERE I WAS
ACTUALLY ABLE TO CAPTURE THE
ATTENTION OF A LOT OF PEOPLE.
SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T LIKE IT, SOME
PEOPLE LIKED IT, SOME PEOPLE
SUPPORT IT, SOME PEOPLE DOESN'T
SUPPORT IT.
BUT IT STARTED A CONVERSATION AS
TO WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR
COUNTRY.
I MEAN, I'M SURE YOU'RE WELL
AWARE OF ALL THE SO-CALLED
SCANDALS THAT ARE GOING ON RIGHT
NOW WITHIN OUR GOVERNMENT SYSTEM
AND PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR SOME
KIND OF DIRECTION.
I'M NOT SAYING I'M THE PERSON TO
LEAD IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.
I'M JUST SAYING I BROUGHT MY
STATEMENT OUT TO THE PUBLIC SO
THEY WOULD REALIZE, HEY, THERE'S
MORE GOING ON THAN YOU REALIZE