Category: Wisconsin
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Losing points
With concealed carry becoming law tomorrow, Wisconsin is losing 4 of it’s 8 points awarded by the Brady Campaign. (Shall issue carry and parking lot). Now to get rid of those other 4 (Dealer record keeping and campus carry).
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Check and Mate
Last night the Wisconsin Senate Republicans passed a modified version of the budget repair bill, with anything they felt “imposes, continues or renews a tax, or creates a debt or charge, or makes, continues or renews an appropriation of public or trust money, or releases, discharges or commutes a claim or demand of the state”…
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Awesome
Come January, with a Republican majority in the WI Senate and Assembly, and a Republican Governor who’s said he will sign it, it’s only a matter of time before Wisconsin has concealed carry.
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Quote of the Day – Hammock Edition
“We don’t want to turn the safety net into a hammock,” Mr. Ryan said. “We don’t want to turn the safety net into a system that ultimately drains people of their potential, that ultimately lulls people into lives of complacency and dependency on the federal government for their well-being.” – Rep. Paul Ryan And I…
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Cool
Scott Walker offically threw his hat in the ring for the 2010 WI gubernatorial election. Scott has been the Milwaukee County Exec since 2002, winning reelection in 2004 and 2008, proving that when Republicans act like Conservatives, they win, even in heavily liberal Milwaukee County.
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Microstamping Bill Introduced in WI
AB-221 was introduced in the Wisconsin Assembly, which would require microstamping of all new semiautomatic handguns manufactured after Jan1, 2011. The bill was introduced by Leon Young, Therese Berceau, Robert Turner, Jon Richards, Tamara Grigsby, Annette Williams, Pedro Colon, Frederick Kessler, Christine Sinicki, and Sandy Pasch, cosponsored by Senators Spencer Coggs and Lena Taylor. The…
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Another reason Doyle has got to go
From jsonline.com: “Most of us are in much more danger from a drunk driver than we are from a person that is going to break into our house,” he said. “I don’t think we should have a ban (on checkpoints). . . . I think it can be a useful tool, used appropriately and in…
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For my Wisconsin readers:
Reminder: CCW is still in play in Wisconsin. While Doyle will probably veto it, we have been VERY close to overrides. If we keep, or pick up, legislature seats in Wisconsin, we may be able to get it through. Get out and vote, make sure your friends do the same, and if you have the…