WI Lawmakers Vote to Ban CCW From City-Owned Buildings… Except For Themselves!

[ShooterInPA1]

Elected city officials with concealed carry licenses would be exempt from an ordinance banning weapons in city-owned buildings, under an ordinance amendment approved 13-0 Tuesday by the City Council’s Committee of the Whole.

The state’s concealed carry law went into effect in November 2011. Just before it went into place, Mayor John Dickert issued an executive order banning anyone other than law enforcement officers from bringing a gun or any other weapon into City Hall or other city-owned buildings.

On Feb. 20 the Committee of the Whole recommended 8-2 that the executive order be codified by drafting an ordinance.

When the committee met on Tuesday to review the ordinance, Alderman Greg Helding requested an amendment that would allow elected officials to carry concealed weapons in city-owned buildings if they are properly licensed by the state.

Helding explained that elected officials could be easy marks for violence, and that being allowed to carry concealed weapons in city buildings could help them to protect themselves.

To his point, he read several posts from local blogs in which critics of elected city officials made violent references.

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2013...or-themselves/


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Freedom for me but not for thee.

Effing aholes.

[harold63]

I wonder if it includes the dopey cops that can't get out of their car without having an ND?

[BSH]

Racine. Not, as you can see, one of the nice towns...


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[ErSwnn]

This is kind of common here. Municipalities are within lawful parameters to ban weapons on their property. I have to take my recycles to a collection center.....a metal shed with stalls on a dirt/mud fenced enclosure. No weapons. Oddly, when the town hall is used for a gunshow (6 times a year), CC or OC is fine. They ask politely (but sternly) that you do not unholster it for ANY reason.

But yeah, I get the drift here, the elected gods get a pass, a pass they gave themselves with a myopic view of the voters.

On a cool side note, the local bar where I play a little pool has rifles hanging over the bar.....up for raffle. $5 for one, 5 for $20.

[Qtrborecrazy]

The people of Wiz con son should pressure their state legislators to come up with a law, if its good enough for the regular folk its good enough for the ass hats.

[ErSwnn]

The people of Wiz con son should pressure their state legislators to come up with a law, if its good enough for the regular folk its good enough for the ass hats.

It's being worked on. Remember, these folks are still in the estatic state brought on by "shall issue" just a short time ago. Unfortunately they are quite pleased it only takes an expensive class to qualify to use a natural right, self-defense. Fortunately there are people here who recognize the problem and aren't ignoring it.

Madison, Milwalkee and Green Bay are the power bases here. Those cities tend to be liberal, particularly Madison. We have to battle those representatives, much like most of PA has to battle Philadelphia. The individual municipalities are not going to willingly give up any power or control and will influence state representatives to vote according to the municipality's view. Just as Philly fought against shall issue all those years ago.