Terese Berceau, 76th Assembly District, Democrat

baldp8 said:

Just got a letter back from Terese Berceau. She does not support concealed carry of any form. I am not surprised.

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HandyHamlet said:

Write her and say what a pleasure it will be to see her voted out of office next election.

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baldp8 said:

Just got a letter back from Terese Berceau. She does not support concealed carry of any form. I am not surprised.

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Badger Johnson said:

Tell her your aged grandfather, ex-Service man who walks with a cane is afraid to go out and he said if he had his CPL he would feel safe enough to try.

See if she's in favor of disarming him and confining him to his house.

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Alneuman said:

While I'm an outsider, Utahn to be exact, I have family in WI, visit often and have an intense interest in the firearm laws there.

In regard to 76th Assembly District, Terese Berceau's comment, "People in Wisconsin should not have to worry that the person next to them in a crowded shopping mall or a public park might be carrying a lethal weapon," I would write back an ask exactly why that's the case? Why would they even worry? I would further point out to her that WI is embarrassingly in the position of being one of only two states left in the entire nation that doesn't allow any form of concealed carry and ask her to point out where, ever, in the other forty-eight states, HAS IT BEEN A PROBLEM??? BECAUSE IT HASN'T!!!

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KansasKraut said:

Does anyone know Sondy Pope-Roberts' position? She is my rep here in the 79th district. Given the prominent "(D.)" after her name, I'm not getting my hopes up. I'll send her an e-mail and find out for myself, I guess. Just wondering if anyone else had had any contact with her.

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KansasKraut said:

Does anyone know Sondy Pope-Roberts' position? She is my rep here in the 79th district. Given the prominent "(D.)" after her name, I'm not getting my hopes up. I'll send her an e-mail and find out for myself, I guess. Just wondering if anyone else had had any contact with her.

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IcrewUH60 said:

Based on previous communications with her office, I'm assuming her position will not be in support of ours. But I think today is the day we both find out for sure.

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Representative Pope-Roberts,

I am writing you today to ask you to support Constitution Carry. I
trust you understand that currently any Law Abiding Citizen in
Wisconsin can open-carry without a permit. How silly does it sound to
have to register with the government and pay expensive permit taxes
and submit to mandatory government training just to be able to put a
coat on?

I am asking you to represent the majority of your constituents and
support a repeal of 941.23 and 167.31. You and I both know that
Wisconsin is facing a fiscal crisis, and there is nothing to gain from
enacting a new bureaucracy to administer a shall-issue permit system.

Again, we both know that Law Abiding Citizens can open-carry in
Wisconsin with NO permit and no registration. In fact, thousands of
people open carry every day in Wisconsin. Conceal carry however is
still banned. In other states there are 2 kinds of conceal carry
situations. Some states have what's called "shall issue" laws which
means if you meet the qualifications set forth, the state MUST issue
you a permit. Some of those qualifications include registration in
the form of a permit, a permit tax that can vary widely, from a few $
to hundreds of dollars, mandatory training classes that may cost
several hundred dollars, and sometimes even fingerprinting and
frequent renewals where you must again pay an expensive permit fee and
get re-fingerprinted. It's a dangerous slippery slope that leaves my
right to carry at risk to future legislators.

The overwhelming trend is for more and more states to simply allow all
law-abiding citizens to carry concealed without a permit. This is
called "Constitution Carry". Constitution carry means I DO NOT have to
register with the government, pay expensive fees for a permit, and be
required to take expensive mandatory government training classes. I
simply have a right to carry in the manner of my choosing as the
constitution provides. There are 3 states that allow "Constitution
Carry" Vermont, Alaska, and Arizona. Arizona just passed constitution
carry last year. Other states including Utah, Texas and now Colorado
are likely to become "Constitution Carry" states in the next year.

There are a number of reasons why constitution carry is the preferred scenario.

As I mentioned above, a shall-issue permit system means Law Abiding
Citizens will be required to register with the government (as if we
are your property), pay a permit tax (fee), possibly take expensive
mandatory government training classes costing hundreds of dollars and
even in some cases get fingerprinted - A de-facto gun owners database.
What other governments use gun owners registration against the
populace?

In addition, a permit system would require a great deal of NEW
government resources and databases to administer. This cost would
amount to MILLIONS of dollars to implement a system and hundreds of
new state government employees to staff that bureaucracy at a time
when WISCONSIN IS IN A FISCAL CRISIS. As we all know, "smaller
government" is the trend right now and a shall-issue permit
bureaucracy flies in the face of that.

The alternative is clear: Constitution carry would require no fee's,
no mandatory government training, no fingerprinting, no new
bureaucracy, no waiting months for a permit and no future renewal
requirements to go through and pay all that again and no de facto gun
owners database.

Wisconsin Statute 941.23 is the conceal carry ban. If that 130+ year
old statute was simply repealed, Wisconsin would become a Constitution
Carry state. Wisconsin also needs to repeal 167.31 which would allow
Law Abiding Citizens to carry in their vehicle (currently I have to
unload and encase my weapon when I get in my car; this is actually
MORE dangerous and is just plain bad law).

Think about this, I don't need your permission to open carry, why
should I have to ask you (and pay your fees) to put a jacket on or get
into my car?

Clearly, we need a leader who can look "forward" with the majority of
their constituents and lead the fight against bigger government and
expensive bureaucracies. The alternative will be taken as a party line
vote and a violation of your oath of office.


In Liberty,
my signature

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