Pa. Chief Suspended Over Profane, Pro-Gun Videos

Gilberton (Pa.) Police Chief Mark Kessler has been suspended for 30 days for using borough weapons without permission in profanity-laden YouTube videos.

The borough council voted 5-1 to suspend Kessler Wednesday, following a media storm surrounding the videos and Kessler's free-speech rights, reports the Republican Herald . The town's mayor had defended his right of expression.

Many of Kessler's supporters attended the borough meeting wearing patriotic shirts reading "Constitutional Security Force" and "Molon Labe," a Greek phrase meaning "come and take."

Kessler posted a video July 15 criticizing Secretary of State John Kerry for supporting a United Nations treaty requiring countries to regulate the international arms trade. He followed that up with a second video where he used profanity and fired several fully automatic weapons.

In a WNEP interview following the controversy over the videos, Kessler said he has received numerous death threats from all over the country.