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A gun prohibitionist organization in Wisconsin is demanding a change in that state’s fledgling concealed carry law that will allow anti-gunners access to the names of people who possess concealed carry permits.
The revelation came from WEAU news.
The Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort (WAVE) started calling for the law change before the state’s carry statute was six months old. The group ran into a roadblock when the state Department of Justice said the statute, which took effect last Nov. 1, includes a provision that forbids the disclosure of CCP information unless it is related to an on-going criminal case.
Permit applications are nudging the 100,000 mark, and more than 83,000 have been issued, according to WEAU. The state has also denied about two percent of applications so far, but there was no indication why.
Badger State gun owners had struggled for several years to get a concealed carry statute on the books. Twice, former anti-gun Democrat Gov. Jim Doyle had vetoed concealed carry bills, but pro-gun Republican Scott Walker, who had vowed to sign the legislation, did just that in 2011. Almost immediately after the law took effect, the state had tens of thousands of applications to process.
Wisconsin’s adoption of a carry law leaves only Illinois without some form of legal carry for personal protection.
WAVE’s Jeri Bonavia told a reporter she wants to know who is getting CCPs in Wisconsin. In an interview with WEAU, she said “When this law was being discussed we were promised that the people who would get these conceal carry permits would be the most law abiding people in the state. And we want to know whether or not that’s true.”
However, gun owners have a far different take on the issue, and they contend that WAVE wants to violate their privacy. People who apply for, and receive, a CCP go through a criminal background check. One man, Martin Brill, told the news station that even the sheriff’s department cannot just ask someone of they have a permit .
“The sheriff’s department can’t ask anyone of they have a conceal carry when they stop them,” he said. “Why should it be made public?”
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As a former peace officer, I will correct you on the behavior of the LVPD cops: they were not afraid of the man with the gun. One on one, they would be, but not when they respond in force. The killing of Eric Scott happened because there are too many cops – and apparently, it is an even bigger problem in Las Vegas – who want to get the chance to kill someone.
Any opportunity to do so under the illusion of “defending” themselves against a man with a gun is Christmas for them. It’s a freebie, where they know they can get away with murder and never be held accountable. They get to shoot to kill without cost to themselves. They get the “thrill” of being the bad-ass gun-fighter, the SWAT warrior.
Just like the scumbag cop who leaned in – after all the other SWAT “heroes” had finished filling him full of lead – and fired his pistol at the prostrate form of Jose Guerena’s dying body.
When I worked at San Diego PD as a police officer, we called these guys “felony cops”. They were the guys who would ignore the radio, ignore other officers who needed assistance with a car accident or a domestic violence call, and only respond to robberies, burglaries where the perp was believed to still be on scene, or any other call where they would have the chance to draw their gun and maybe get to take a shot at a “bad guy”. It didn’t matter whether he was really bad or just a victim of someone’s suspicions of him doing something wrong.
These are also the same guys who fought to get on SWAT. Not only could they get a chance to kill someone, they could do it with cool tools, HK MP5′s, M4′s, or a sniper rifle.
It’s not about fear, really. It’s about killing – not in self-defense, but as homicide, as murder. And since it is pre-meditated, since they plan on doing what they have to in order to get a chance to do it, it is indeed murder in the first.