Monday, May 18, 2009

St. Francis Backs Off Of Harassing People Who Exercise Rights

Good.

After a review of the issue by the city attorney, the Common Council apparently will not seek a way to allow police to write municipal tickets for open-carry gun violations.

Instead, the council on Tuesday will vote on a resolution that reaffirms restrictions in state law to open carry.

It’s nice to see some common sense prevail… kind of.  This was annoying though:

Ald. Ted Jarosh, a gun owner who supports gun owner rights…

Um… no.  Despite the Alderman’s and the reporter’s desire to characterize it otherwise, that statement is not accurate.  Jarosh may support some gun owner rights, but clearly doesn’t support them all.  The fact that he owns a gun does not give him any additional credibility as to his stance on rights.

(2) Comments
Posted by Owen at 1746 hrs
Firearms + Politics + Politics - Wisconsin

  1. The citizens of Wisconsin, the peace officers and even our friendly alderman here are going through a pretty steep learning curve at this time.  People in this state have for the most part (other than hunters in the field) not seen legally armed good guys walking the streets of our state and shopping in it’s retail stores for over 100 years.  Now we are going to grocery stores, shopping malls, department stores, fast food places and our numbers are growing.  People who don’t understand what liberty is because they have been denied it for so long are shocked.  They have lost sight of what freedom really means.  Almost all will get over it as the sight of honest citizens who are going about their daily business while armed becomes more prevalent.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on May 18, 2009 at 1917 hrs


  2. As a practical matter, if a local ordinance is the same as state statute, and no state statute has been broken (so the DA does not charge), for the same reason the city may not charge either.

    I think it is wise for St. Francis and all other communities for that matter, to wait and see how West Allis fares in court for doing the very thing to Brad Krause that they are now considering.

    I’m going to go out on a limb here and say most communities really can not afford to deny citizens the exercise of their statutory authority to open carry (Wis. Stat. ยง 941.23) which is also a right protected by the Wisconsin constitution (Article I, Section 25).

    The public is not the only ones who have lost the meaning of liberty over the past 100 years, so have a good number of public servants.

    Posted by ccwtrainer on May 18, 2009 at 2309 hrs


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