Oops, the sheeple are scared.
http://www.wisn.com/cnn-news/19235901/detail.html
http://www.wisn.com/cnn-news/19235901/detail.html
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Milwaukee's police chief said he'll go on telling his officers to take down anyone with a firearm despite Van Hollen's finding that people can carry guns openly if they do it peacefully.
Chief Ed Flynn said officers can't assume people are carrying guns legally in a city that has seen nearly 200 homicides in the past two years.
He said that means officers seeing anybody carrying a gun will put them on the ground, take the gun away and then decide if the person has a right to carry it.
Oops, the sheeple are scared.
http://www.wisn.com/cnn-news/19235901/detail.html
Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen said his memo was simply intended to "clarify" the law, and he does not believe more people will start openly carrying guns because of it.
Gov. Jim Doyle hopes it won't change how police officers respond when they see weapons.
"Our advice was people are permitted to openly carry firearms -- that it wasn't in and of itself disorderly conduct. We intentionally didn't go into any factual-based scenarios because they're all different," Van Hollen said.
"I assume that local DAs and local police departments are gonna continue to act as they already have," Doyle said.
Some rights are lost if not exercised. Others are lost if they are exercises.
WI is now on the fast track towards "no open carry" legislation and it is very likely that this individual exercising the open carry right will be responsible for the statewide loss of that right.
I was not making a statement of what he should have been done; just making an observation of the reality of exercising open carry in an area where the right exists but there is little to no cultural acceptance of said right.Im confused here, so should he have not exercised the right in order to preserve it? What is the point of having the right if he cannot exercise it?
He said that means officers seeing anybody carrying a gun will put them on the ground, take the gun away and then decide if the person has a right to carry it.
Oh wait, it gets better...
http://www.wisn.com/news/19245377/detail.html
This should go over like a fart in church. I hope/can't wait till someone sues that prick Chief into the next century for violating their civil rights.
Right to keep and bear arms. SECTION 25. [As created
Nov. 1998] The people have the right to keep and bear arms for
security, defense, hunting, recreation or any other lawful purpose.
[1995 J.R. 27, 1997 J.R. 21, vote November 1998]
... it is very likely that this individual exercising the open carry right will be responsible for the statewide loss of that right.
Im confused here, so should he have not exercised the right in order to preserve it? What is the point of having the right if he cannot exercise it?
This is nonsense. Why would anybody in their right mind carry a gun openly if they had the option to carry it concealed. It makes police officers nervous and I try to never make armed people nervous. It makes people who don't like guns, angry and frightened but the primary reason it's a dumb idea is that it gives away your greatest advantage in a gun fight. You give away the element of surprise. The first time I want a bad guy to know I have a gun is when he's looking at the wrong end of it. If dumbness were an olympic event, they'd have to award a platinum medal for the idea of open carry because gold wouldn't be high enough. Feel free to rebut. I'll be shutting my computer off for a couple of days and I won't be opening any suspicious mail.
This is nonsense. Why would anybody in their right mind carry a gun openly if they had the option to carry it concealed.
A - because it is their RIGHT.
B - And because Wisconsin does not allow concealed carry. At ALL. Do a little homework before popping off.
any legislation that bans open carry immediately amended to add "shall issue" CCW permits - they can tell the banners that it's a compromise