Guns

Cognitive Dissonance Dept.: Walker, other Wisconsin Repubs think conservative gun owners will have their backs

November 9, 2011 by Uppity Wisconsin

Many progressives have spent much energy noting the enormous ambiguity in the Wisconsin Republican message on guns. That message, of course, is that it's now basically okay for citizens to carry concealed weapons into, among many other places, the State Capitol where Republican lawmakers work. Yet early in the year, Gov. Scott Walker and the GOP legislative leadership temporarily had metal detectors installed at Capitol entrances when protesters arrived to complain about the GOP union-busting bill and other goofball legislation. Keeping the metal detectors in place would kind of kill the concept of concealed carry, wouldn't it?

But from the knuckle-dragging region of the Republican mind, there's no inconsistency at all.

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November 3, 2011 by Uppity Wisconsin

"AB 69 [the so-called Castle Doctrine bill] changes Wisconsin law by providing a defense for irrational people armed with deadly force. Under its provisions, malevolent, reckless, or paranoid people who shoot trick-or-treaters or repairmen on their porch will be presumed to be acting in self-defense." -- Criminal law section of the State Bar of Wisconsin.

The bill passed overwhelmingly, of course.

Yahoo! Soon, you won't need a permit to shoot someone

November 2, 2011 by Uppity Wisconsin

Tuesday was another big day in Wisconsin for gun nuts.

On the first day it was legal to apply for a concealed carry permit, the Dept. of Justice issued 120 of them. Number one went to the attorney general himself, J.B. Van Hollen, who works in an office protected by security, but may feel the need to shoot someone on the street one of these days.

Meanwhile, the Assembly passed a License to Kill bill (the gun nuts call it a Castle Doctrine bill, as in "My home is my castle and if you try to come in I;ll pour boiling oil on you or shoot you, whichever seems easier.")

The vote to allow people to shoot unarmed people who trespass on their property was a lopsided 71-24, with two people "paired" for and against it.

All of the "no" votes were from Democrats, and most of them from Democrats who live in urban areas. Here's the roll call.

The only question seems to be whether the State Senate will pass it today or wait until January.

Yahoo! I feel safer already.