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Pointman, You insult me. Nobody on this forum is more pro-gun than I am. I have been involved in the promotion of our individual rights to keep and bear arms since 1998. People and individuals I have had back and forth dialogue on gun rights are Senator Zien, Mike Bruhn(Rep Gunderson office), WCCA (Dick Baker), NRA/ILA, Mike Lutz (Head,DNR legal department), Senator Shiela Harsdorf, Corey Graf(WGO), Ken Lee(Attorney General Office), Pierce County Attorney O'Boyle, State Rep. John Murtha, John Lott, Two published letters concerning gun rights in the Pierce County Herald, Two published letters promoting gun rights in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Finally private correspondence with Gene German. I have documentation supporting all those contacts.
Your assesment of my letter concerning the Attorney General wanting to give Steingraeber special authority to carry a concealed weapon is wrong. If you carefully read the letter you will see that the argument I voiced was; Even though Steingraeber is a retired cop he has no more firearm carry authority than the average person and if VanHollen makes an exception to the carry rules for Steingraeberit should be made for all persons.
As far as Gene German is concerned. Do we each share the same passion of firearm carry for personal protection? Yup. Do we each think we need a co-ordinated effort and organization to make it happen? Yup. Do we agree on the best method to make it happen? Nope. Are we entitled to have those differences? Yup.
What are the basic differences?
German's objective, by his own admission on his web site, is to promote open carry in the hope that it will lead to a good carry permit system and law.
My objective: Promote a universalstatewide recognition by local law enforcement that we have the constitutional authority to open carry firearms for personal protection. An authority that does not require a permit to practice but onethat is a constitutionally given right. A right that does not require a permit system with costly training, unknown regulations, and restrictions beyond those we already have. I am not a Certified Firearms Instructor. There is no financial gain for me to promote a permit system.
If you follow the posts on this forum with an unpredjudiced viewpoint you will see that the objective I promote is gathering momentum. Letters are being written by other members to the media, Letters from members to local law enforcement are being sent and have a 50-50 positive response, letters to members of the legislature are gaining support and a private resolution has already been siubmitted to a county board.
The resolutions German is promoting appear to have gone dead in the water. He won't even acknowledge how many have been presented to the countiesor their status. Instead he insists the status is his business and his alone.
Pointman: I don't owe you a response to your deflamatory and insulting post. In fact it lowers my self esteem to do so. I don't appreciated being so much as called a Troll by you, but I have been called worse by better people. The only reason I respond is to make my dedication to the open carry movement and my personal objectives clear to the other members of this forum.
By the way did you change your forum name from ccwtrainer to pointman? your post seems suspiciously so.