gunguy2009
Regular Member
I havent had alot of time to keep up on alot of this stuff. Going to school for Airframe & Powerplant Full time and everything else going on... Just looking who is for OC/CC... I HATE Doyle, I think we all do!!
From all accounts Walker and Neumann both support concealed carry. I'm not aware of statements regarding open carry per se from either.
We can be sure that Barrett is against anyone carrying a gun except for his armed guards. Barrett makes Chief Flynn almost look like one of us in comparison. (Okay, that's an exaggeration, but you get the point.)
In the world of good election news, in Chicago Daley just announced he's not running for mayor next year. Chicagoans can rest assured that at least they won't get anyone WORSE than Daley because they pretty much hit rock bottom with him.
I havent had alot of time to keep up on alot of this stuff. Going to school for Airframe & Powerplant Full time and everything else going on... Just looking who is for OC/CC... I HATE Doyle, I think we all do!!
Neumann is the canidate of choice in my opinion.
We don't know what specific legislation will be introduced regarding conceal
carry in the next session, but our organization ultimately has the goal of
moving Wisconsin to what Arizona, Alaska, and Vermont currently have, which is
the right to carry concealed without a permit so long as you are legally allowed
to posses a firearm (not a felon, no mental/psych issues,etc). We believe
permits and mandatory training are just more government bureaucracy and
effectively "taxes" which criminals will ignore and only the law abiding will be
encumbered by. We strongly advocate for voluntary training, but when states
pass mandatory training requirements for their permits, the training classes go
from around $100 per class or less before they are mandatory to around $300+ per
class once they become mandatory. We don't think a person should have to pay a
tax of $400 (mandatory training plus permit fee) to have the right to carry if
you are a law abiding adult with no criminal record.
If the legislature got a bill to (Mark's, Scott's, Tom's) desk that offered NO OTHER PROVISIONS
OTHER than to repeal 941.23 (Wisconsin's conceal carry ban) which would
effectively allow all law-abiding citizens who have NO criminal record and are
legally allowed to own and posses firearms, to conceal carry without any permit
or mandatory training, would (Mark, Scott, Tom) sign that and repeal 941.23?
All of the polls I have seen show Scott Walker as having the bigger lead against Barrett and thus a better carry-over for the rest of the ticket for other state and local elections like the the Senate and Assembly. Something to consider.
Not all the polls...
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/pub...ns/wisconsin/election_2010_wisconsin_governor
This is the latest one I could find.
This poll has Neumann at 48% over Barrett at 44% and Walker at 47% over Barrett at 44%. Walker has dropped 2 points. Of course the margin of error puts it in anyone court. Point being that it's clear Walker doesn't have any kind of edge worth voting for just to try to keep Barrett out. They both lead Barrett in recent polls.
Scott Walker was the first to respond to my question:
"If the legislature got a bill to your (Scott's) desk that had no other provisions
other than to repeal 941.23 (wisconsin's ban on conceal carry) which would
effectively allow Wisconsinites to carry concealed, just as they now carry
openly without mandated training and mandated permit tax, would you (Scott) sign
or veto it?
Scott responded to me a few minutes ago:
"I would sign such a bill to finally give law abiding citizens the right to conceal carry." - Scott Walker
Let no one claim that true 'right to carry' is not possible in Wisconsin this next legislative session. The state GOP has removed the words "permit" from its party platform, so far 1 gubernatorial candidate has indicated he will sign a repeal of 941.23 Clearly true right to carry is a viable possibility.
I will post the responses from Neumann and Barrett as soon as I receive them.
Carry On!