GRB
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I have been a guest on this board for a couple months and wrote a letter the Sheboygan Police Department using some of the other letter as a guide and this what they had to say about Open Carry.I have been doing it around the house and yard with no issues with the police.
To whom it may concern,
As you are aware, Wisconsin's constitution grants the people the constitutionally protected right to keep and bear arms for security, defense, hunting, recreation or any other lawful purpose. Both the State Supreme Court and Governor Doyle have stated that as concealed carry is currently illegal in Wisconsin, open carry is the only means available to the citizens as a way of exercising this right. The State also has a pre-emption firearm law. Statute 66.0409(2)
My concern is specifically how the department will respond should they receive a "man with a gun" call should an uninformed citizen contact your department regarding me exercising my right to bear arms. I understand how such a call must be investigated, but I am looking for some assurance that I would not be charged with disorderly conduct, or any other crime, so long as I am not violating any other laws such as bringing a firearm within 1000 feet of school grounds unless on private property, carrying while intoxicated, ect.
Thank you for taking the time to read this letter and I will be waiting for your reply.
Sincerely,
GRB
There response
It would be nearly impossible to give a specific answer to your question as there are so many variables that could occur. Butona basiclevel, if a citizen that is unaware of the lawwould call the police because of someone carrying a firearm, we would respond accordingly. If the person that is carrying the firearm is doing so responsibly and within the law, then I don't see the issue going any further.
Your comment, "...I am looking for some assurance that I would not be charged with...", is a matter of perspectiveby the person calling. If the complainant reports the person with the firearmwas acting in a disorderly, threatening orirresponsible manner or creating a disturbance of some type, thenthe police would have to look into the accusation made. The responding officer would have to take the entire circumstances into consideration in making a decision on how to resolve the complaint. With an issue like this, the "what if's" senarios are endless.
By carrying a firearm a ton of responsibility comes withmaking that decision to carry. It can also bring more civil liability onto that person in the event that someone is injured or killed either by the person carrying, or if the weapon is taken away and used by someone else. Unfortunately we see some citizens that choose to carry doing so as some type of status symbol or think it is "cool". While those reason are not illegal, they arethe wrong reasons to carry.
I have been a guest on this board for a couple months and wrote a letter the Sheboygan Police Department using some of the other letter as a guide and this what they had to say about Open Carry.I have been doing it around the house and yard with no issues with the police.
To whom it may concern,
As you are aware, Wisconsin's constitution grants the people the constitutionally protected right to keep and bear arms for security, defense, hunting, recreation or any other lawful purpose. Both the State Supreme Court and Governor Doyle have stated that as concealed carry is currently illegal in Wisconsin, open carry is the only means available to the citizens as a way of exercising this right. The State also has a pre-emption firearm law. Statute 66.0409(2)
My concern is specifically how the department will respond should they receive a "man with a gun" call should an uninformed citizen contact your department regarding me exercising my right to bear arms. I understand how such a call must be investigated, but I am looking for some assurance that I would not be charged with disorderly conduct, or any other crime, so long as I am not violating any other laws such as bringing a firearm within 1000 feet of school grounds unless on private property, carrying while intoxicated, ect.
Thank you for taking the time to read this letter and I will be waiting for your reply.
Sincerely,
GRB
There response
It would be nearly impossible to give a specific answer to your question as there are so many variables that could occur. Butona basiclevel, if a citizen that is unaware of the lawwould call the police because of someone carrying a firearm, we would respond accordingly. If the person that is carrying the firearm is doing so responsibly and within the law, then I don't see the issue going any further.
Your comment, "...I am looking for some assurance that I would not be charged with...", is a matter of perspectiveby the person calling. If the complainant reports the person with the firearmwas acting in a disorderly, threatening orirresponsible manner or creating a disturbance of some type, thenthe police would have to look into the accusation made. The responding officer would have to take the entire circumstances into consideration in making a decision on how to resolve the complaint. With an issue like this, the "what if's" senarios are endless.
By carrying a firearm a ton of responsibility comes withmaking that decision to carry. It can also bring more civil liability onto that person in the event that someone is injured or killed either by the person carrying, or if the weapon is taken away and used by someone else. Unfortunately we see some citizens that choose to carry doing so as some type of status symbol or think it is "cool". While those reason are not illegal, they arethe wrong reasons to carry.
