Stupid argument on the authors part. She doesn't know if Joe Schmo is carrying now. She assumes he isn't because there is no CCW law in Wisconsin, and that is a very stupid assumption. The only thing I will disagree with in the Wisconsin bill is not letting the police know. They have a right to protect themselves and should be able to tell if you have a CCW. The general public does not have that right.AWB
I don't understand letting anybody who jumps through small hoops walk through the streets with a gun in their back pocket.
What about Driver's licenses? A 2,000 lb car is much deadlier then a handgun.
The only thing knowing that you have a CCW tells the cop is that you may be carrying legally. How does that help them stay safe? If you have a CCW you are unlikely to be a threat and may even be an asset if the cop is endangered. He still runs the same risk that the guy with no CCW might might be armed and in no mood to go to jail for an outstanding warrant.
Susan sounds like a 10 year old child. I wonder if she has ever given a thought to the men and women who founded this country by throwing off an oppressive king by using ....dare I say it....GUNS!!!!
As an Ohio CCW holder and instructor...I simply keep my auto and carry license together in a bi-fold holder ...hand them both to the cop at the same time..
It's the most non threatening way to clearly let the officer know you are armed...and you are also letting him know imediately that you are not a felon nor have a record...
And you might be surprised....I wouldnt call it flashing tin..but it's simular....I have a tendency to run a couple miles over the limit now and then (I'm Mr.late)...and since this has become my practice...the two times I have been pulled over for speeding...I have recieved a warning instead of a ticket...and not even an inkling of harrasment...both officers asked what I carry....and smiled when I told them a .357 mag 4 inch stainless...one cop said...and I qoute..."That 'ill work " handed my licenses back and told me to keep it under the sound barrier...
"Yes sir...thank you very much"
Seems to me it would actually make a LEO less nervous, knowing that in most respects they are dealing with a law abiding citizen.