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I am wondering if WCI has made any contact here and whether or not they will support him and be involved. I also think this is something Monroe should be interested in as he is the attorney for the GFSZ law suit.
A couple of things... (and this comment relates to issues other than just this one, so this isn't directed at you James)
There are MANY MANY things that WCI has "on the radar screen" and has taken significant actions steps on. Please understand that due to the nature of this being a public forum that we
know is monitored by LE (thousands of pages of posting have been entered into the record in Federal Cases) and also that since OCDO was linked in comments section of the Journal Sentinel "stories" (and they sure are "stories") that brought mass numbers of "unfriendlies" to the site as well as HEAVY media watching of the OCDO site.
It would not be prudent for WCI to announce our every move and tactic on this forum. NOR will we allow ourselves to be easy targets of the very biased media who would prejudice otherwise potentially supportive new members with inaccurate media portrayal of our organization and our mission.
If you are asking a question on this very very public forum, which is heavily watched by media, LE, and non-supportive anti's and you don't get a detailed explanation, or a response at all, don't assume we aren't on top of something. I can assure you we are several steps ahead of the game even though we aren't making our every strategy and action public on here.
Members are, of course always welcome to contact us and we will offer whatever information we can. Keep in mind with the size our dues paying membership base has grown to, its conceivable that we may simply not be able to respond
individually to every person in the event that large numbers of people contact us with issues/questions. We will however, make sure that in our periodic updates sent out to members via email we let them know any significant happenings that they would be interested in and that we are at liberty to share.
More specifically when it comes to arrests:
First, WCI has never taken the position that we do 'criminal defense'.
When people are facing criminal charges the game is totally different for them. Their life and liberty is on the line and the temptation to "settle" and take deals offered by the prosecutors is high. Those individuals, obviously, will be making the decisions that are best for them.
This is not to say we won't be involved in some of them, but its very much a case by case basis and there are reasons it may or MAY NOT be in the best interest of WCI or the best use of our resources which our members have contributed to get involved. "How, if and when" we get involved in a specific case is also a carefully planned and contemplated strategy as well.
I cannot be more specific on this public forum in the Sheboygan situation regarding our considerations of how if and when we will get involved because I'm not about to make the mistake made all to often on this forum of providing information to media and LE that will be used to make our task more difficult.
We want to advance the cause. We want to advance the right to carry in Wisconsin and the opportunity of Wisconsin residents to carry in the manner of their choosing and exercise the
human rights they are entitled which our state and federal constitution happen to reaffirm as well.
People need to be accountable for their own actions and the honest truth is that WCI will "cherry pick" the situations we get involved in. Those that provide an opportunity to advance our mission. There is a difference between a "gun issue" and a "gun rights issue". We are also keenly aware that for some issues there is a strong advantage to a very public response, and for some issues a "behind the scenes" approach is best.
So keep sharing any and all information you can find on these kinds of topics. There are happenings all over the state and the OCDO board is a great way to get that information out there. If you put it on here, we may not respond publicly, but it will hit our radar.
Carry On
