Posted on 08/24/2020 8:34:54 AM PDT by marktwain
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On Thursday, 16 July, 2020, the Wisconsin Sawyer County Board adopted a resolution supporting the United States Second Amendment and the Wisconsin Constitution's Section 25, which protects the right to keep and bear arms.
The resolution stops short of the Sanctuary County movement, but it gives affirmative notice of the County's support for Constitutional rights.
Full disclosure: I grew up in Sawyer County, Wisconsin, and have numerous close family members who still live there.
Rural Wisconsin has a strong gun culture. I was not surprised to learn the resolution had passed.
A tip of the hat is deserved by Sawyer County Record staff reporter Frank Zufall. The article he wrote is the epitome of good reporting. It has the dates, places, people involved, what they said, who was for and against, and voting records. Here is an example, from the article:
Tish Keahna, a lawyer who lives in Hayward, said she was asked by a county employee signing up those who wanted to make public comments, whether she was “for or against the Second Amendment,” a question, she said, that was “disingenuous” and framed the discussion as a “political issue” on the Second Amendment and not the county’s resolution.
She also questioned why the county was devoting time to this issue when there were more pressing maters, and she added it was outside of the duty of law enforcement officers to interpret constitutional law because under it is the domain of the courts.
Frank Zufall's article is so well done, as an example of objective reporting, it is difficult to determine whether he is on either side of the issue.
To place the resolution in context, consider the “framing” that Tish Keahna attempted to do, as reported.
This resolution in Wisconsin is part of it.
Loved the comment just now a the Republican National Convention from Montana... “where the average household has 5 guns!!!”
I don’t understand the reason behind this resolution...(Course, I am a flat-lander and Bears fan, so forgive my ignorance)
wisc. has open and concealed carry...are they looking for constitutional carry?
To show support for the right to bear arms.
Other then that not much.
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