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Great work for those of you who made the meeting and spoke - that's how public policy is made - by those who bother to consistently show up and make it!!
When localities come up with these schemes, we need to pack the room with gun owners at every hearing - and then meet up afterwards at a noice restaurant (sans alcohol service).
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http://www.greenfieldnow.com/news/48185272.html
City holsters gun rule for now
Open carry issue is still legally uncertain
Posted: Jun. 16, 2009 4:04 p.m.
Greenfield — City officials are playing the wait-and-see game on a proposed ordinance that would allow police to issue citations for people who openly carry guns into businesses where it is expressly prohibited.
State law prohibits people from openly carrying guns in schools, public buildings and places where alcohol is served. Alderwoman Linda Lubotsky proposed the more restrictive ordinance after state Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen in April declared that open carry is legal in Wisconsin in other instances.
Balancing the legal scales
Van Hollen's statement came on the heels of a West Allis municipal court case in which West Allis resident Brad Krause was found not guilty of disorderly conduct after he was arrested for openly displaying a gun while doing yard work.
City Attorney Roger Pyzyk is looking into whether Lubotsky's proposal could work under state law, Lubotsky said. City officials also are waiting to see how a similar measure pans out in South Milwaukee.
Open carry advocates argue such an ordinance violates their constitutional rights and would be illegal in Wisconsin.
Several of those proponents, including Krause, voiced their opinions at a Greenfield Legislative Committee meeting Monday, Lubotsky said.
Business rights
Lubotsky proposed the law to give business owners more protection on who patronizes their stores.
"I don't want to take away the constitutional rights of businesses," she said.
The city's Legislative Committee will continue discussing the issue next month.
- Mark Schaaf, Staff Writer
Great work for those of you who made the meeting and spoke - that's how public policy is made - by those who bother to consistently show up and make it!!
When localities come up with these schemes, we need to pack the room with gun owners at every hearing - and then meet up afterwards at a noice restaurant (sans alcohol service).
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http://www.greenfieldnow.com/news/48185272.html
City holsters gun rule for now
Open carry issue is still legally uncertain
Posted: Jun. 16, 2009 4:04 p.m.
Greenfield — City officials are playing the wait-and-see game on a proposed ordinance that would allow police to issue citations for people who openly carry guns into businesses where it is expressly prohibited.
State law prohibits people from openly carrying guns in schools, public buildings and places where alcohol is served. Alderwoman Linda Lubotsky proposed the more restrictive ordinance after state Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen in April declared that open carry is legal in Wisconsin in other instances.
Balancing the legal scales
Van Hollen's statement came on the heels of a West Allis municipal court case in which West Allis resident Brad Krause was found not guilty of disorderly conduct after he was arrested for openly displaying a gun while doing yard work.
City Attorney Roger Pyzyk is looking into whether Lubotsky's proposal could work under state law, Lubotsky said. City officials also are waiting to see how a similar measure pans out in South Milwaukee.
Open carry advocates argue such an ordinance violates their constitutional rights and would be illegal in Wisconsin.
Several of those proponents, including Krause, voiced their opinions at a Greenfield Legislative Committee meeting Monday, Lubotsky said.
Business rights
Lubotsky proposed the law to give business owners more protection on who patronizes their stores.
"I don't want to take away the constitutional rights of businesses," she said.
The city's Legislative Committee will continue discussing the issue next month.
- Mark Schaaf, Staff Writer