But remember….concealed carry was supposed to make us all safer!

Remember when Wisconsin’s Republicans said passing concealed carry laws allowing Wisconsinites to act as vigilantes would make our state safer? Yeah, not so much… We are waiting to learn whether a person who shot and killed a Milwaukee man with a concealed carry permit will be cleared or charged with…

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Yes Virginia, There Is A Sanity Clause!

Virginia Will No Longer Recognize Concealed Carry Permits From 25 States! In a few moments of firearms lucidity the State of Virginia noticed that not all conceal carry permit requirements are create equal…and just maybe the citizens of their commonwealth would be better served if every Rambo, Dirty Harry and…

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Kremer To Allow Concealed Carry In Campus Buildings Because of UWM

Let’s revisit State Representative Jesse Kremer’s proposed legislation that would allow people to carry concealed weapons in public university and college buildings. Previous legislation already permits concealed carry in the public areas of college campuses. Supposedly, Rep. Kremer’s motivation is the ‘violent environment’ around the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee…

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Concealed carry permit holder shoots self & dies

But remember folks, Wisconsin’s concealed carry law makes us all safer… A 22-year-old Milwaukee man died early Friday after it appeared he accidentally shot himself in the leg as he was putting his gun back in its holster, according the Milwaukee County medical examiner’s office. Timothy B. Phonisay died at…

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Concealed Carry Mother Killed By Her Two Year Old Son

This is simply tragic on every conceivable level. I am not going on a tirade about concealed carry with this post. But given concealed carry is the law of the land now…just how much training before getting a concealed carry permit should be required? This comes from a conversation about…

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If citizens carrying guns help prevent crime, what happened in Las Vegas?

As I read through accounts of the racist, anti-government Las Vegas couple who shot to death two police officers, a civilian and themselves, I came across this (emphasis added): Barging through the front door, Jerad Miller fired off one round, announced “a revolution” and told everyone to leave, while his…

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Concealed carry permit holder shoots cousin in botched “quick draw”

Remember, concealed carry in Wisconsin was supposed to make us all so much safer… A Milwaukee man who apparently forgot that guns are not toys has been charged with shooting his cousin in the back after a “quick draw” meant as part of a joke went bad. Brandon Kronquist, 26,…

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UPDATED: Two men with concealed carry permits engage in rolling gunfight across Milwaukee

Remember, concealed carry here in Wisconsin was supposed to make us all safer… Two Milwaukee men — each with a state permit to carry a concealed weapon — traded dozens of shots in a rolling shootout through two sides of town and down a freeway, the kind of scenario concealed-carry…

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While Visions of John Wayne Dance in their Heads

Immediately after a gun tragedy like Aurora Colorado or here in Oak Creek Wisconsin, the proponents of concealed carry begin their litany chant of IF ONLY! If only state legislatures didn’t permit property owners to restrict arms on their property. If only that venue hadn’t posted a no arms sign…

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What’s wrong with this picture?

On July 31, Democratic State Sen. Lena Taylor posted this photo to her Facebook page. As noted in the photo, that’s Sen. Taylor posing with Trayvon Martin’s Mother at the Rainbow Push Coalition Conference in Chicago, and unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know who Trayvon Martin is….

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