Wisconsin Carry Inc. - Chairman
Wisconsin Carry, Inc.
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Both the Journal Sentinel and TMJ4 have done stories recently focusing on the open-carry issue with regard to the Gonzalez cases (both the shooting and the federal lawsuit he filed)
http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/95462759.html
http://www.jsonline.com/news/crime/93744194.html
In both instances, Judge Lynn Adelman's comments in his decision (that open-carry is almost certain to alarm people, almost certain that people will call police, and that: "Many employees and shoppers are likely to think that the person with the gun is either deranged or about to commit a felony or both." Have been quoted by the media.
Jeff Wagner of AM 620 has also allocated segments of his program to discussion of open-carry and he also makes statements that he thinks "most people" would be alarmed if they saw someone open-carrying.
The Journal Sentinel, AM620, and WTMJ Ch 4 are all owned by Journal Communications.
As media seems to want to make open-carry an issue in these cases, they should have an obligation to show a true representation of the reality of open-carry in Wisconsin and the open-carry movement.
We know that 1000's of mothers and fathers, blue-collar and white-collar, old and young, and everyone in between choose to open-carry on a daily basis in Wisconsin. We know the majority of those people are not making a point, testing a law, or engaging ANY other motivation than just personal protection.
Please take the opportunity to send a polite email, postal mail, or call Steve Wexler, Executive Vice-President of Television and Radio operations for Journal Communications and ask that they include in their "sensational" coverage about open-carry a more realistic and factual representation of the real open-carry movement and the real motivations of open-carriers.
swexler@journalbroadcastgroup.com
Steve Wexler, General Manager - WTMJ-TV
720 East Capitol Drive
Milwaukee, WI 53212
Phone: (414) 332-9611, Fax: (414) 967-5255
Nik Clark
Chairman/President - Wisconsin Carry, Inc.
nik@wisconsincarry.org
Both the Journal Sentinel and TMJ4 have done stories recently focusing on the open-carry issue with regard to the Gonzalez cases (both the shooting and the federal lawsuit he filed)
http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/95462759.html
http://www.jsonline.com/news/crime/93744194.html
In both instances, Judge Lynn Adelman's comments in his decision (that open-carry is almost certain to alarm people, almost certain that people will call police, and that: "Many employees and shoppers are likely to think that the person with the gun is either deranged or about to commit a felony or both." Have been quoted by the media.
Jeff Wagner of AM 620 has also allocated segments of his program to discussion of open-carry and he also makes statements that he thinks "most people" would be alarmed if they saw someone open-carrying.
The Journal Sentinel, AM620, and WTMJ Ch 4 are all owned by Journal Communications.
As media seems to want to make open-carry an issue in these cases, they should have an obligation to show a true representation of the reality of open-carry in Wisconsin and the open-carry movement.
We know that 1000's of mothers and fathers, blue-collar and white-collar, old and young, and everyone in between choose to open-carry on a daily basis in Wisconsin. We know the majority of those people are not making a point, testing a law, or engaging ANY other motivation than just personal protection.
Please take the opportunity to send a polite email, postal mail, or call Steve Wexler, Executive Vice-President of Television and Radio operations for Journal Communications and ask that they include in their "sensational" coverage about open-carry a more realistic and factual representation of the real open-carry movement and the real motivations of open-carriers.
swexler@journalbroadcastgroup.com
Steve Wexler, General Manager - WTMJ-TV
720 East Capitol Drive
Milwaukee, WI 53212
Phone: (414) 332-9611, Fax: (414) 967-5255
Nik Clark
Chairman/President - Wisconsin Carry, Inc.
nik@wisconsincarry.org
