Dems On Our Side
September 6, 2009
This is old news but it wasn’t coverd too well so for those who don’t know…several months ago, 60 house Democrats signed a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder saying that they would not vote for an assault weapons ban. This has effectively killed any hope of a ban any time soon! This was excellent news!
More recently, a bill worked its way through congress allowing national reciprocity of concealed carry permits. Basically, if you have a CCW permit, then you would be able to go to any other state and carry concealed as long as you followed that states laws (Wisconsin and Illinois does not allow concealed carry so you still would not be allowed to carry in these states). It would have made your concealed carry permit like your drivers license, good in all states. This bill only lost by one vote in a democratically controlled congress! The pro-gun climate is looking pretty good.
Another great thing that has happened recently is that CCW permit holders are allowed to carry their firearms concealed into national parks.
J.B. Van Hollen, Wisconsin’s Attorney General released a memo to all of the states law enforcement agencies reminding them that open carry in Wisconsin is completely legal and that our states constitution says that open carry is a right of ours and that citizens cannot be arrested for other crimes such as misdemeanor misconduct for simply carrying a firearm. Soon after the memo went out, Milwaukee police chief Ed Flynn stated that he didn’t care about the law and that he would still arrest people. He later rescinded his stupid remarks!
Things are looking up!
