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http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20100610/GPG0101/100610088/Neumann-criticizes-Walker-s-concealed-carry-stance
ASHWAUBENON — One Republican gubernatorial candidates is attacking his opponent on the issue of carrying concealed weapons.
Carrying his grandfather’s rifle in an Austin Straubel International Airport conference room Thursday morning, former U.S. Rep. Mark Neumann of Nashotah took a swipe at Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker on what he characterized as flip-flopping on concealed carry rights. As a state representative, Walker voted no on a bill to make it legal to carry a concealed weapon in Wisconsin, but has said he would sign such a bill into law as governor. However, Walker said he voted against the bill not on its merits but because it was voted on in the middle of the night — at 3:51 a.m. in 2002, according to the Wisconsin State Legislature’s records.
Neumann, who released a new ad attacking Walker on this legislative vote, reiterated what he called his firm commitment to the Second Amendment right to bear arms as it extends to carrying concealed weapons.
“A significant difference is our support of the concealed carry bill — mine has been unwavering,” Neumann said. “To me it’s not just about government policy. It’s about our family and our tradition of hunting.”
Walker, too, is a hunter and his campaign manager Keith Gilkes characterized Neumann’s ad as a “desperate” measure.
“Scott has time and again supported … concealed carry legislation and has said explicitly he will sign it as governor,” Gilkes said in a statement. “What he’s not for is jamming through legislation in the middle of the night that no one has seen and voting on it at 4 a.m.”
Walker and Neumann are both vying to become the Republican candidate in this fall’s gubernatorial election, but the state Republican Party has endorsed Walker.
Current Gov. Jim Doyle, a Democrat, has said he will not run again.
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20100610/GPG0101/100610088/Neumann-criticizes-Walker-s-concealed-carry-stance
ASHWAUBENON — One Republican gubernatorial candidates is attacking his opponent on the issue of carrying concealed weapons.
Carrying his grandfather’s rifle in an Austin Straubel International Airport conference room Thursday morning, former U.S. Rep. Mark Neumann of Nashotah took a swipe at Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker on what he characterized as flip-flopping on concealed carry rights. As a state representative, Walker voted no on a bill to make it legal to carry a concealed weapon in Wisconsin, but has said he would sign such a bill into law as governor. However, Walker said he voted against the bill not on its merits but because it was voted on in the middle of the night — at 3:51 a.m. in 2002, according to the Wisconsin State Legislature’s records.
Neumann, who released a new ad attacking Walker on this legislative vote, reiterated what he called his firm commitment to the Second Amendment right to bear arms as it extends to carrying concealed weapons.
“A significant difference is our support of the concealed carry bill — mine has been unwavering,” Neumann said. “To me it’s not just about government policy. It’s about our family and our tradition of hunting.”
Walker, too, is a hunter and his campaign manager Keith Gilkes characterized Neumann’s ad as a “desperate” measure.
“Scott has time and again supported … concealed carry legislation and has said explicitly he will sign it as governor,” Gilkes said in a statement. “What he’s not for is jamming through legislation in the middle of the night that no one has seen and voting on it at 4 a.m.”
Walker and Neumann are both vying to become the Republican candidate in this fall’s gubernatorial election, but the state Republican Party has endorsed Walker.
Current Gov. Jim Doyle, a Democrat, has said he will not run again.
