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UPDATE: video news clip:
http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/news/local_wluk_greenbay_open_carry_picnic_200908061253_rev1
http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/news/local_wluk_greenbay_open_carry_picnic_200908061253_rev1
Open carry picnic
planned for Saturday
Updated: Thursday, 06 Aug 2009, 3:16 PM CDT
Published : Thursday, 06 Aug 2009, 12:55 PM CDT
GREEN BAY - Gun owners in Green Bay have organized an open carry picnic for Saturday. It will be held at Ted Fritsch Park on the city's west side and starts at noon. The group wanted to hold the event at Bay Beach Amusement Park but agreed to a compromise with the city to instead hold it at a park where there will be less people.
Ed Foral, one of the event's organizers, said it's a good opportunity to raise awareness about gun rights.
It is legal for Wisconsin residents to openly carry a holstered firearm without a permit. Foral said the open carry picnics have been inspired by a memo Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen sent earlier this year to district attorney's across the state. In the memo, Van Hollen said that a person can not be charged with disorderly conduct for just openly carrying a gun and there must be other cause for an arrest.
FOX 11 has left phone messages with the Green Bay city attorney's office and police department seeking comment.
Lou Hillman will have a complete report coming up tonight on FOX 11 News at Five.
UPDATE: video news clip:
http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/news/local_wluk_greenbay_open_carry_picnic_200908061253_rev1
http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/news/local_wluk_greenbay_open_carry_picnic_200908061253_rev1
Open carry picnic
planned for Saturday
Updated: Thursday, 06 Aug 2009, 3:16 PM CDT
Published : Thursday, 06 Aug 2009, 12:55 PM CDT
- Reporter: Lou Hillman
GREEN BAY - Gun owners in Green Bay have organized an open carry picnic for Saturday. It will be held at Ted Fritsch Park on the city's west side and starts at noon. The group wanted to hold the event at Bay Beach Amusement Park but agreed to a compromise with the city to instead hold it at a park where there will be less people.
Ed Foral, one of the event's organizers, said it's a good opportunity to raise awareness about gun rights.
It is legal for Wisconsin residents to openly carry a holstered firearm without a permit. Foral said the open carry picnics have been inspired by a memo Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen sent earlier this year to district attorney's across the state. In the memo, Van Hollen said that a person can not be charged with disorderly conduct for just openly carrying a gun and there must be other cause for an arrest.
FOX 11 has left phone messages with the Green Bay city attorney's office and police department seeking comment.
Lou Hillman will have a complete report coming up tonight on FOX 11 News at Five.