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txcharvel wrote:

Cedar Park Dad wrote:I'd like to see the full statement before I comment on something from the The Blaze.

I live in Austin and I can tell you that Acevedo is an anti 2nd Amendment Socialist. He is active with several anti gun groups including Bloomburg and has traveled to Washington on taxpayer dollars to speak before Congress as a proponent of stricter gun control.

His statement was part of an interview but not taken out of context at all.

I no longer live within the city limits (hallelujah!) but I've lived in or near Austin for 24 years. I can assure you Art Acevado is not a friend of gun owners and his department is not one that has ever favorably impressed me. And I'm no expert, but my degree is in journalism and criminal justice and I've worked on some level with a handful of central Texas police departments (interacting as a college student, a journalist or a private citizen; no law enforcement training). They've all got their issues, but APD is something else.