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Again, an appeal for assistance from all y'all experts and letter writers.

Doug Huffman

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Dear friends,
I have submitted the enclosed to the Town Board, requesting it as an Agenda item for discussion, motion and action. “I request a motion item on the Town Board Agenda to repeal W. I. Code Chapter 205 in its entirety. It is preempted by Wisc. Stats. [font="Times New Roman, serif"]§ 66.0409. It is unenforceable, moot for vagueness and incompetent.”[/font]

Enclosed are an excerpt from the Wisconsin State Statutes, 'Local Regulation of Firearms' ([font="Times New Roman, serif"]§ 66.0409), and the entirety of Washington Island Code Chapter 205, 'Firearms and Weapons'.[/font]

[font="Times New Roman, serif"]W. I. Code Ch. 205 is unenforceable on equal protection grounds because it excepts “any person who keeps a handgun or weapon in his or her personal residence or premises, which is owned by said person, authorized agent, or lessee.” This creates a special class of people which do not own their property or own through an authorized agent or lessee. This special class is not protected because “[t]his chapter shall not apply to any person” who is a member of this special class.[/font]

[font="Times New Roman, serif"]W. I. Code Ch. 205 is moot for vagueness as demonstrated in the tortured logic of the preceding paragraph necessitated by the language of Code Ch. 205-2B. These words are not similar to and are more stringent than any State Statute.[/font]

[font="Times New Roman, serif"]All legal and effective prohibitions of W. I. Code Ch. 205 are subsumed by Wisconsin Statutes as specified by Wisc. Stats. § 66.0409. The Town of Washington Island cannot bear the cost of enforcing this Code Chapter or of defending it, were it appealed[/font]

[font="Times New Roman, serif"]The Town may take these actions; it may ignore my request, it may make it an agenda item during my absence or it may become an agenda item while I am available to defend it. I will not be available during September while I am touring off Island. Thus I pray that you will satisfy yourselves of my correct arguments and be present at the Town Board meeting to argue for me and for lawful freedom.[/font]

[font="Times New Roman, serif"]Thank you.[/font]

[font="Times New Roman, serif"]Doug Huffman[/font]
[font="Times New Roman, serif"]Washington Island[/font]
[font="Times New Roman, serif"]Wisconsin [/font]

 
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