Wisconsin Carry Inc. - Chairman
Wisconsin Carry, Inc.
At 11:00 this morning I received a troubling email with the following information regarding the Saturday AFP tea party rally on the Capitol Grounds:
The bold/underlined was as it came from the sender, Nancy Mistele.
The red highlighting is my emphasis.
As requested by Nancy Mistele, I am passing along this information to everyone who I think might need to hear it.
Nancy Mistele has informed me that whomever "we" is (I assume her and other tea party organizers" intend to "point out anyone open-carrying to the police."
I sent Nancy Mistele an email letting her know the following:
The following is a portion of Wisconsin Carry's mission statement and reads as follows:
Wisconsin Carry, Inc is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and reclamation of the basic rights critical to a free society. Our organization believes in the founding principles of our country and our constitution: That all are created equal, that governments exist to protect the rights of individuals, and that governments derive their power from the consent of the governed.
Wisconsin Carry believes that ALL rights are important. We support all rights, even those we may not choose to exercise because we believe that is needed if we expect others to support rights THEY may not choose to exercise.
Its clear to me that Nancy Mistele believes that the Capitol grounds and "their" rally are not the place where people can exercise the rights they do every other day of the year.
I find this very unfortunate.
Over the past year and a half since our founding Wisconsin Carry has expended massive resources to defended the rights of law-abiding citizens who carry for self-defense in the ONLY way Wisconsin law allows.
We would politely ask that instead of encouraging law enforcement to violate the rights of people who open carry "pointing them out to the police" Nancy Mistele and Americans for Prosperity would JOIN us in the effort to protect the rights of law-abiding citizens.
Carry On,
Nik Clark
Chairman/President - Wisconsin Carry, Inc.
Edited to add:
I CANNOT confirm that the Capitol Police intend to hassle or arrest anyone for doing something that is completely legal. Nancy's email is my only source of information.
I did not receive a response from her and due to the close proximity to the event and many of our member plans to attend I feel that we have an obligation to inform people that Nancy Mistele has promised to summon police if she or any of the other organizers see people doing something that is completely legal.
I know many of our members prefer at all costs to avoid any and all interactions with police.
WCI is not suggesting that members carry or not carry, rather that they be aware of Nancy Mistele and AFP's position.
I will pass along more information if it becomes available. I do know that I personally would have a difficult time going to show support for AFP when they take such an unfortunate position on this issue.
The bold/underlined was as it came from the sender, Nancy Mistele.
The red highlighting is my emphasis.
As requested by Nancy Mistele, I am passing along this information to everyone who I think might need to hear it.
Nancy Mistele has informed me that whomever "we" is (I assume her and other tea party organizers" intend to "point out anyone open-carrying to the police."
I sent Nancy Mistele an email letting her know the following:
The following is a portion of Wisconsin Carry's mission statement and reads as follows:
Wisconsin Carry, Inc is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and reclamation of the basic rights critical to a free society. Our organization believes in the founding principles of our country and our constitution: That all are created equal, that governments exist to protect the rights of individuals, and that governments derive their power from the consent of the governed.
Wisconsin Carry believes that ALL rights are important. We support all rights, even those we may not choose to exercise because we believe that is needed if we expect others to support rights THEY may not choose to exercise.
Its clear to me that Nancy Mistele believes that the Capitol grounds and "their" rally are not the place where people can exercise the rights they do every other day of the year.
I find this very unfortunate.
Over the past year and a half since our founding Wisconsin Carry has expended massive resources to defended the rights of law-abiding citizens who carry for self-defense in the ONLY way Wisconsin law allows.
We would politely ask that instead of encouraging law enforcement to violate the rights of people who open carry "pointing them out to the police" Nancy Mistele and Americans for Prosperity would JOIN us in the effort to protect the rights of law-abiding citizens.
Carry On,
Nik Clark
Chairman/President - Wisconsin Carry, Inc.
Edited to add:
I CANNOT confirm that the Capitol Police intend to hassle or arrest anyone for doing something that is completely legal. Nancy's email is my only source of information.
I did not receive a response from her and due to the close proximity to the event and many of our member plans to attend I feel that we have an obligation to inform people that Nancy Mistele has promised to summon police if she or any of the other organizers see people doing something that is completely legal.
I know many of our members prefer at all costs to avoid any and all interactions with police.
WCI is not suggesting that members carry or not carry, rather that they be aware of Nancy Mistele and AFP's position.
I will pass along more information if it becomes available. I do know that I personally would have a difficult time going to show support for AFP when they take such an unfortunate position on this issue.
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