Posted on 11/23/2005 1:30:56 PM PST by jdege
By ADAM A. MEYERS Racine, Wis.
I am a police officer with the Racine Police Department and a part-time police officer for another community in Racine County. This is strictly my opinion and I am not speaking on behalf of the communities or law enforcement agencies that employ me.
The Wisconsin law against carrying a concealed firearm has worked effectively for over 130 years. Deciding to pass a concealed carry law in Wisconsin that will allow almost every adult to carry a concealed firearm is a potentially dangerous decision.
Carrying a concealed firearm and deciding to shoot another human being is different from what is perceived on television, in the movies or while playing a video game. Allowing Wisconsin residents to carry concealed firearms may not reduce crime. If anything, crime may increase and there will be, without a doubt, more firearms in our homes and on our streets.
I strongly support the ability for people to defend themselves, but I don’t believe that carrying a concealed firearm is the only way to accomplish this. There are a lot of responsibilities that come with carrying a concealed firearm and being able to effectively use it against someone in their self-defense or in the defense of another human being.
I agree that retired law enforcement professionals should be permitted to carry a concealed firearm as long as they follow state and federal laws and those policies presented to them by their former law enforcement agencies.
I believe that there is no credible evidence that carrying a concealed firearm reduces crime and that passing a concealed carry law in Wisconsin will do more harm than good.
Treating every American as a criminal is a bad idea.
Well it has everywhere else, so perhaps this guy's opinion is a little biased right off the bat.
Bullcrap.
Talking points right off the fax machine.
Everyone has a big "but".
What he means is that he supports self defense, as long as you don't use any scary weapons.
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"...is a potentially dangerous decision."
"...may not reduce crime"
"...crime may increase"
"...there will be, without a doubt, more firearms in our homes and on our streets."
He doesn't seem to know much but he sure seems to have a strong stand. I wonder what makes him think that his limited training on carry a gun makes him an expert and the rest of us just a bunch of dolts.
He didn't do his research. I wonder how he votes. Did he vote for Kerry?
Sez who....
"Law enforcement profesionals" are supercitizens, after all, not like the rest of the peasants.
Well I do prefer an exposed sidearm...
"more firearms in our homes"
That comment, alone, singles him out as an elitist liberal who thinks no one should even own guns.
Self-defense for "retired law enforcement professionals" but not for the general public, eh? You better take a look at the experience of other states. Shall-issue concealled carry works in reducing crime.
Anybody who isn't me should not have a gun.
Another guy with a strong opinion but no facts.
Yep. On this one point I will agree.
It is a shame the rest of the article is such horse hockey.
So can I sue you for not being there when I am assaulted or attacked? If you do not allow me to protect myself, you should be responsible.
Jackbooted thugs hate the idea of an armed citizenry. The whole tone of the article is one of an unquestioning authoritarian. The notion of "Allowing concealed carry" suggests that some citizens are in a position to allow G-d given freedoms to others.
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