{"id":23392,"date":"2011-05-13T09:12:26","date_gmt":"2011-05-13T13:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=23392"},"modified":"2011-05-13T09:55:33","modified_gmt":"2011-05-13T13:55:33","slug":"concealed-carry-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=23392","title":{"rendered":"Concealed carry news"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wisconsin moves towards allowing their citizens to legally conceal and carry firearms reports the Sheboygan Press<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Wisconsin and Illinois are the only states that prohibit concealed weapons. Republican legislators have been trying for a more than a decade to lift the restrictions, but former Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle twice vetoed bills that would have permitted the practice.<\/p>\n

Now, though, Republicans control both houses of the Legislature and the governor’s office, clearing the way for easy passage. GOP lawmakers, backed by the National Rifle Association, are advancing two measures allowing concealed carry. One version requires permits. The other requires nothing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Not everyone is happy about it<\/a>;<\/p>\n

If more guns equal more protection, then let’s go for it and quit watering down the rules. Maybe we can even start handing out firearms like we do bike helmets and smoke alarms.<\/p>\n

It’s time for Wisconsin to join the rest of America and allow us to walk around with powerful guns in our pants. We may need to change the license plates to America’s Carryland.<\/p>\n

Republican legislators are moving quickly to make it happen, and this time they don’t have to worry about Jim Doyle getting all prudent and reasonable and vetoing the thing. Lawmakers pretended to care what the public thinks at two hearings on the issue Thursday.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Meanwhile the Ohio Legislature moved to simplify their rules for concealed carry<\/a>;<\/p>\n

House Bill 45, which was jointly sponsored by Johnson and Rep. Danny Bubp, R-West Union, related to the carrying of firearms in vehicles. According to Johnson, the bill would eliminate the micromanaging provisions that dictate where a gun must be stored in a vehicle. \u201cwhich allows law-abiding citizens to avoid accidental violations. It retains the current procedures that are followed when a licensee is pulled over and approached by a law enforcement official.\u201d<\/p>\n

Johnson said the legislation would also permit license holders to carry in establishments that serve alcohol provided the individual is not consuming alcohol. He said it does not change the current law prohibiting an individual from possessing a firearm while under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Also, establishments would still have the authority to prohibit concealed carry.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In Minnesota, Old Trooper sends<\/a> that cops and prosecutors oppose citizens’ right to use deadly force there;<\/p>\n

They ramped up their opposition on Thursday to a bill moving through the Legislature that would dramatically expand Minnesotans’ ability to use deadly force in self-defense without facing prosecution.<\/p>\n

Flanked by police chiefs, prosecutors and DFL legislators, Sen. John Harrington, DFL-St. Paul, said the bill “will increase danger to the public and increase danger to the police.”<\/p>\n

Harrington, a former St. Paul police chief, also called the bill “a broadly misguided piece of legislation that should be pulled.”<\/p>\n

The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Tony Cornish, R-Good Thunder, said he “was totally aggravated to see those chiefs stand up there to violate people’s rights. They’re just scaring the public.”<\/p>\n

When he was a beat officer “chasing bad guys,” Harrington said, “I didn’t have to look over my shoulder to find out whether the homeowner had me in their sights, too.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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