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Legislative Alert: Assembly Bill creates special "ruling class" of citizen

 

AB 9 would allow OFF DUTY and FORMER police officers to IGNORE private property "no guns" postings. If a restaurant or store was posted, while YOU AND I would be trespassing to carry beyond "No guns" signs, off-duty and **former** cops would be allowed to ignore them.  It would create a special "ruling class" of citizens occupied by those in law enforcement or who use to work in law-enforcement. 

Private property rights are the foundation of many of the basic rights we enjoy as free citizens. This trampling of private property rights must be stopped.

FURTHERMORE, Joel Kleefish's bill (AB 9)would allow off-duty and former police officers to carry on school grounds WITHOUT PERMISSION (they can already carry on school grounds WITH permission)

ASSEMBLY BILL 9 is just another example of GOVERNMENT acting in the best interest of GOVERNMENT.

I think we've all had enough of that kind of legislation coming out of Washington, and its SAD to see it coming out of Madison.

Wisconsin Carry will support NO legislation that chips away at private property rights of citizens.  We also reject any legislation that offers special carry privileges to OFF-DUTY and FORMER police officers to carry on school grounds unless Concealed Carry License holders are included. Over 200,000 law-abiding citizens in Wisconsin have jumped through the government hoops, obtained their government mandated training, paid their concealed carry license permit TAX and registered themselves in the government database in order to exercise their human-right to self-defense which was already guaranteed by the 2nd Amendment.

History has proven that schools are prime targets for mass murderers. There is **no** reason a former cop should be allowed to carry on school grounds when he or she goes to watch their kids or grand-kids school sporting events, but you and I are prohibited from that same level of protection.

THERE IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THURSDAY REGARDING THIS LEGISLATION

Wisconsin State Capitol
Thursday, October 10, 2013
10:00 AM
300 Northeast

Assembly Bill 9
Relating to: law enforcement officers who are on duty, off-duty law enforcement officers, and former law enforcement officers and going armed with firearms.
By Representatives Kleefisch, Danou, Jacque, Mursau, Stroebel, Bernier, Born, Swearingen, A. Ott, Brooks, Tranel, Nerison, Bies, Weatherston, Kaufert, Thiesfeldt, Jagler, Schraa, T. Larson, Knodl and Czaja; cosponsored by Senators Gudex, L. Taylor and Kedzie.

PLEASE CONTACT THE LEGISLATORS LISTED ABOVE. They either signed on as "co-authors" or "co-sponsors" of this legislation. Ask them to WITHDRAW their support of it. Please be POLITE. MANY OF THESE LEGISLATORS HAVE BEEN MISLEAD that this law only closes a "loophole" and makes Wisconsin law comply with a federal law called "LEOSA" (Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act) THIS IS NOT TRUE. This legislation goes FAR beyond "LEOSA" and grants special privileges to former cops that LEOSA SPECIFICALLY does NOT include.

Granting special privileges to off-duty and former cops that allows them to ignore FUNDAMENTAL private property rights and carry where law-abiding concealed carry license holders cannot is a path to tyranny.

Ask your legislators to stand for the rights of ordinary citizens, not government.

We ask that you make 2 contacts. First EMAIL JOEL KLEEFISH: Rep.Kleefisch@legis.wisconsin.gov

Tell Joel that off-duty and former police officers shouldn't be a special class of citizens that have "government privileges" to ignore private property rights. Tell Joel that YOU should have the same right to carry for protection that a former police officer does when you go to your kids school events.

2nd. Email or call YOUR legislator if they are in the following list:

Cosponsored by Senators:

Phone numbers are available from the following listing if you prefer to call: http://legis.wisconsin.gov/Pages/leg-list.aspx?h=a

Use the following link to find your state legislators: http://legis.wisconsin.gov/pages/waml.aspx

IF YOU ARE FREE ON THURSDAY, PLEASE CONSIDER ATTENDING THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THE STATE CAPITOL.

Feel free to email me with any questions. nik@wisconsincarry.org

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