( CNN ) -- A police chief 's profanity-laced rant in an online video against those who disagree with him on gun laws has generated controversy online and in a small eastern Pennsylvania town , with at least one elected official calling the behavior `` unacceptable . '' Gilberton Police Chief Mark Kessler made the comments in videos posted to YouTube in mid-July that went viral , generating a heated online debate that appeared to gain renewed traction this week when he posted a backhanded apology . Now the fallout has reached the halls of government in the small town of just more than 750 people . The mayoral office was forced to close early Wednesday because of threatening calls , Mayor Mary Lou Hennon said on Thursday . A meeting is scheduled for next week to discuss personnel and work policy . `` We may or may not take action against him , '' Hennon said . Kessler did not respond to repeated requests by CNN for comment , but he told CNN affiliate WFMZ-TV that he was not in uniform in the videos and was exercising in his First and Second Amendment rights . In the videos , Kessler rails against liberals for attempting to curb gun rights and Secretary of State John Kerry over his support of a recent U.N. arms treaty . At one point in the video , he dares Kerry to come and take his guns . `` It was n't a threat . It was , 'if you want them come and take them , ' '' Kessler told the television station by telephone . Kessler has been the town 's police chief for 14 years `` without a mark against him , '' Hennon said . `` Like a lot of other people , I found the video a little vulgar . It was like watching an R-rated movie , '' she said . `` We have no policies regarding people 's personal use outside of work , and we allow freedom of speech . What people do on their personal time is their business . '' Kessler , an outspoken gun rights advocate , has a history of making provocative statements . He has been featured in a number of online videos discussing his views , given numerous interviews and helped organize gun rights rallies . The police chief also has claimed in a number of interviews to be the founder of the Constitutional Security Force , a gun rights advocacy group . In the video , Kessler wears a T-shirt with CSF emblazoned on it . On the CSF Web page , Kessler is identified as the group 's president and is featured in his Gilberton police uniform . The latest videos have been picked up and copied on YouTube , with titles such as `` America 's scariest police chief '' and `` Patriot police chief . '' In Gilberton , northeast of Harrisburg , resident Diane McCarthy told WFMZ that she found the videos disturbing . `` I think that kind of position needs to have respect of the community , '' she said . `` It 's pretty difficult to have respect after seeing that . '' Gilberton Borough Councilman Eric Boxter told the station the videos were `` over the top '' and `` unacceptable '' for a police chief .
Gilberton Police Chief Mark Kessler is an outspoken gun rights advocate . In a video posted to YouTube , he rails against liberals working to curb gun rights . The town 's city council is taking up the issue at a meeting next week , the mayor says . Kessler tells a CNN affiliate that he was n't in uniform and was exercising his rights .