Captain Nemo
Regular Member
The regulations and restrictions concerning the operation of a Motor vehicle is an individual state power. The federal goverment has only minimum involvement, mostly in the regulation of interstate commerce and it's related motor vehicle transportation. Private use and operation rules of motor vehicles are in control of each individual state. For that reason the only case law pertinent to the discussion on whether or not the licensed operation of a motor vehicle in Wisconsin is a privilege or a right are those cases judicated by the Wisconsin court system. It is that case law which sets primary precident for prosecution in the Wisconsin court sytem. As I posted earlier. The Wisconsin district court of appeals for district II found in the 2002 case of Fond du Lac v. Kevin C. Dirksen that the operation of a motor vehicle is a state issued privilege. The Wisconsin Supreme Court in the 1978 opinion on Steeno v. State earlier found likewise. This is my final opinion on the subject.
I have belabored this subject because I feel that if the Chairman is the representative of our firearms rights and privlileges he must have a good understanding of the difference, especially as defined by the Wisconsin court system. It really doesn't matter what our indelible personal opinions are or, other than for comparison, what is the case law of other states. It is the Wisconsin court system that will judge our guilt or innocence.
I have belabored this subject because I feel that if the Chairman is the representative of our firearms rights and privlileges he must have a good understanding of the difference, especially as defined by the Wisconsin court system. It really doesn't matter what our indelible personal opinions are or, other than for comparison, what is the case law of other states. It is the Wisconsin court system that will judge our guilt or innocence.