Posted on 06/12/2015 5:14:50 AM PDT by rellimpank
Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn has made no secret that he thinks criminals can and will obtain permits to carry hidden guns.
Supporters of concealed carry say he's overreacting, and the vast majority of permit holders are law-abiding citizens.
In between are permit holders like Darrail Smith, who has no prior criminal convictions but who police say has a habit of turning up at shooting and homicide scenes, serving as a human holster. It took months of police work before prosecutors had enough evidence to issue an unusual gun-related charge against him.
How many more cases like Darrail Smith are out there?
Milwaukee police say it's impossible to know from their records because it is illegal to reveal how many criminal incidents involve permit holders. Indeed, Wisconsin's concealed carry law, 2011's Act 35, explicitly prohibits law enforcement agencies from sorting their records by whether anyone involved had a permit.
Nik Clark, president of gun rights advocacy group Wisconsin Carry Inc., defends that practice.
"It's not going to be in the proper context," Clark said. "There's no need to expose and collect aggregate data on our members."
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Same here, Michigan has had several arrested in the past decade or so for brandishing while open carrying. The various police departments doing so have been spanked. Open carry is clearly in the Michigan constitution.
Uh...criminals are suddenly going to start obeying the law? Who knew?
I prefer concealed as then only I know I have it. But when it’s 90 degrees, well it’s nice to have the option.
It used to be women, and they were called "gun molls."
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