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POSTED: 5:52 pm EDT August 23,
2006
UPDATED: 10:04 am EDT August 24,
2006
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. --
Some Brevard County residents are taking issue with a comment made by a county commissioner during a zoning meeting.County Commissioner Ron Pritchard told a resident to "get a gun" to deal with trespassers on his property.Environmental groups had just shown video of trees, which were illegally chopped down, and commissioners were questioning whether they had trespassed to get the video.Pritchard said he was joking.The Republican Merritt Island resident is running for re-election.
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