The so-called "constitutional carry" (no permits required) bill passed in a WI state senate committee yesterday, although it still looks like WI will wind up with shall-issue carry.
In an article in today's Journal Sentinel, ultra-leftist Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett appeared to be making demands of his own although, with Republicans controlling the senate, assembly and governor's office, it's hard to figure out how Barrett thinks he has any clout.
The article is
hereThe funny part is this:
Barrett said that bill was "simply kowtowing to the extremists who want this to be the wild, wild West."
Standing outside a Little League Baseball game at Carver Park, Barrett said the players and their fans would be endangered if people could legally carry weapons into the park with no permits, no training and no limits on how drunk they could be.
What's the matter with him? He forgot to say "blood in the streets", "packing heat", "road rage", "shootouts at every stoplight", and "permit holders will blow up nuclear reactors". * Hizzoner is slipping.
*In the 2001 assembly debate, Democrat Representative Spencer Black said that, if the bill were passed, a permit holder could shoot at the Point Beach nuclear power plant and blow it up. I kid you not.