Constitutional Carry legislative initiative flyer

attached is a "Constitutional Carry" legislative initiative flyer.

This document was created with the intention that it would be distributed to friends and freedom minded Wisconsinites.

It is NOT intended to be spammed to legislators via email.

IT IS a good document to give to a legislator IF you have had a chance to have a personal conversation with them and they requested more information.

As I was speaking with my new assemblyman, he requested a document containing this information and I put this together and sent it to him. (but again, I don't know if spamming this to your legislator unsolicited is a good idea)

Printing it out and mailing it to your legislator with a hand-written note that you'd like them to consider it is probably more appropriate.

Of course having said all that, its a free country, do with it as you wish.

WCI is planning to have 10's of thousands of these printed up for mass distribution also.

In the meantime, this is a good document also to print up a stack of (its intended to be printed 2 sided) and taken to your local gun store and placed on the counter (with the proprietor's permission of course)

Carry On

Good idea Nik.

I found a few small screw ups in there though. May I suggest that you get it proofread by someone (who’s a lot better at it than me) before you print thousands of copies? So far I've noticed:

Paragraph 1: “The 2 options for conceal (should be concealed? )carry……” Actually, this goes back and forth between conceal and concealed througout the pamphlet even in the same context.

Paragraph 3: “Permit taxes (fee’s)…” should be fees (no apostrophe) I believe.

Paragraph 8: “Law #2: Repeal of (should be or) alter…….”


There may be more as I'm not a particularly good proofreader...

Good catches, I edited the document.

you left out steenkin!- as in dont need no.

Nice, but would also like to see something about Castle Doctrine/Stand Your Ground legislation IMHO.

gdyslin said:

Nice, but would also like to see something about Castle Doctrine/Stand Your Ground legislation IMHO.

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Understood.

Castle Doctrine
State Park Ban
Restaurant carry (restaurants that serve alcohol)
government owned building carry (no reason not to be able to carry in a library)

Was only trying to hit the "major" laws that need changing. If I stop and think about it there are probably several more to add to the list, but I was crunched for space on that document as it was.

As for Castle Doctrine, that is a more complex topic that many people are not familiar with and likely needs a document all its own to do it justice.

And last disclaimer, the inclusion of certain topics/laws on that flyer should in NO way mean they are the only Wisconsin gun laws we take issue with.

maybe include something about it already 'being constitutional to use a firearm for defense' and having a 'permitting type of CC' would introduce challengable problems since no other constitutional rights in WI require a permit.... If im not mistaken the state constiution mentions it as 'defense' and NOT 'self-defense' (see the difference??)

I have some concerns here

Mr. Clark

I do appreciate the work you are currently doing and have done in the past but I have some concerns about the new flyer. To use the premise that CCW legislation is a "virtual certainty" is like counting chickens, even though I hope that you are right, I can't see the benefit of publicizing something that isn't a certainty, no matter how close to one it may be. I also thought that an override of Doyle's Veto was a "virtual certainty" and even paid and attended mandatory training in Wisconsin before the Sherman flip-flop. As someone who believes that more laws equals more problems I strongly support the repeal of the laws on concealed carry, transportation of a firearm, and the gun free school zone. I think that a stronger case can be made for repeal based on McDonald v. Chicago and the infringement of an individual constitutional right than the concept that we should do it because "shall issue" is the bare minimum that will be passed so we should really push for constitutional carry. The legislature should pass constitutional carry because it is the best option available to the citizens of Wisconsin at this time. Also to end the flyer with a threat seems petty, reflects negatively on everything you have said, and is in my opinion not based in reality. Are we really going to vote against incumbents or worse for a bunch of democrats next election if the legislature only passes "shall issue"? Just some things to think about. If there is anything I can do, let me know.

To use the premise that CCW legislation is a "virtual certainty" is like counting chickens, even though I hope that you are right, I can't see the benefit of publicizing something that isn't a certainty, no matter how close to one it may be.

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First, from conversations I've had with dozens of legislators and their staff (including our governor elect) I do genuinely believe conceal carry is a virtual certainty this legislative session. I would never state anything I didn't genuinely believe.

The benefit of stating that it is a virtual certainty:

If people are worried they may end up with "nothing" again like they did under Doyle and a democrat controlled legislature that played games and tricks to deny our rights they will, out of fear, take the "safe" bet and just push for shall-issue.

There are many people who in principle support constitutional carry, but would happily settle for shall-issue rather than get nothing.

My message to those people (and trust me, its the majority) is that shall-issue is the LEAST we'll get. I genuinely believe that based on all the information I have available to me.

We need those people to not be afraid to ask for what they WANT, not out of fear settle for what they perceived as the 'safe bet'.

Under a democratic controlled legislature, WCI may well be pushing for shall-issue right now. If we assessed the political environment and thought "nothing" was a political reality, we would have a different strategy. Our action plan is based upon the current political reality, not the past political realities under different administrations.

To tell people "you may get nothing" would scare them into the 'baby step' of shall-issue. That is based upon feedback I've gotten from hundreds of WCI members who want to conceal carry and would settle for shall-issue to get it if that was the safe bet.

Also to end the flyer with a threat seems petty, reflects negatively on everything you have said, and is in my opinion not based in reality. Are we really going to vote against incumbents or worse for a bunch of democrats next election if the legislature only passes "shall issue"? Just some things to think about. If there is anything I can do, let me know.

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It is not petty. It is not a threat. Its just a practical reminder to legislators that the news media has a VERY short memory but gun owners do not. Not a threat at all. Sorry you perceived it that way. The reminder was put in the document because I have spoken to a very influential "old school" republican legislator in Madison who SAYS he supports constitutional carry in principle but said "the media would have a field day with it". It is not a threat to share that the media has a short memory and gun owners do not. I think I'm offering sage advice.

From a logical standpoint a legislator should consider that they should not sacrifice principle to please the media (who are sure to play the gun myth fear tactics) but rather consider that in 2 years the myths will all be debunked if they pass constitutional carry. IF they sell out and pass shall-issue gun owners will not forget and WCI's mission will CONTINUE to be constitutional carry. We will HAVE to replace those legislators with MORE freedom minded ones.

Legislators need to know that they are accountable to the voters.

If legislators sell out our rights, we can vote in primaries next cycle for MORE freedom minded republicans, libertarians, or independents who DO support true freedom.

What should the message we send to legislators be? "don't worry, if you pass shall-issue despite your constituents requests, we'll vote for you anyway?"

Wisconsin Carry said:

What should the message we send to legislators be? "don't worry, if you pass shall-issue despite your constituents requests, we'll vote for you anyway?"

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I think that the best message to send is that Wisconsin's incongruent and unconstitutional firearm laws should be repealed not amended and that all the legislators willing to stand up against the media and fear mongering will be rewarded with continued and increased support from your organization and its members in the future.

Wisconsin Carry said:

If people are worried they may end up with "nothing" again like they did under Doyle and a democrat controlled legislature that played games and tricks to deny our rights they will, out of fear, take the "safe" bet and just push for shall-issue.

There are many people who in principle support constitutional carry, but would happily settle for shall-issue rather than get nothing.

My message to those people (and trust me, its the majority) is that shall-issue is the LEAST we'll get. I genuinely believe that based on all the information I have available to me.

We need those people to not be afraid to ask for what they WANT, not out of fear settle for what they perceived as the 'safe bet'.

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THIS ^^^^^^^^
is what I keep telling people who worry about it. This is exactly right. Push for what you want and don't let them know you'll settle for less.

Do you go to a car dealer and tell them that you'd like to pay a certain amount but would settle to pay more? NO!!

I think this is the key; going forward, for getting other more restriction permissive gun groups on our side.

Brass Magnet said:

Do you go to a car dealer and tell them that you'd like to pay a certain amount but would settle to pay more? NO!!

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+1

Brass Magnet said:

THIS ^^^^^^^^
is what I keep telling people who worry about it. This is exactly right. Push for what you want and don't let them know you'll settle for less.

Do you go to a car dealer and tell them that you'd like to pay a certain amount but would settle to pay more? NO!!

I think this is the key; going forward, for getting other more restriction permissive gun groups on our side.

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I've been using almost that exact analogy for quite a while wrt fighting for constitutional carry! so... +1000!!!!