Jews For The Preservation of Firearms Ownership, Inc.
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Hartford, WI 53027
Phone (262) 673-9745
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"Intellectual Ammunition to Destroy Gun Control"
by
Michael Feldman
SATURDAY, 1-18-97
The question as to whether or not concealed weapons laws should berelaxed is always a hotbed issue. Under the circumstances it is very importantto me that this editorial opinion is not taken out of context.
I am very sorry for the families and friends of State capitol guardsCanute Findsen and Virginia Rich. However, I must point out that as withany other senseless tragedy that happens, there are lessons to be learnedand points to be made, and I would be remiss if I withheld my observations.
First of all, just look at all of the "Gun Control" measures in placehere that failed to stop this tragedy:
All of which one must assume applied to these two individuals inorder for them to become certified law enforcement personnel.
I do not know whether or not either of these State Police employeeshad ever been assigned to sit in judgment of citizens trying to obtaina general concealed weapons permit via one of the eighty-three county C.C.W.Boards, but I find it profoundly ironic that if they had, they no doubtwould have voted (by mandate) to deny nearly every applicant this fundamentalright spelled out in plain english and guaranteed them by both our Stateand Federal Constitutions.
I must say that I have already heard on far too many occasions thepat answer as to why such a policy is in place - "Why, if more people carriedguns, it would be like the wild west on our streets."
Oh really? Just exactly how "wild" was the old west anyway? Do thesepeople really believe what they see in the movies? And by the way, howmuch more "cowboy" can you get than engaging in a gunfight over the hoodof a police car, allegedly because of teasing or an insult of some kind?
Tough questions I know, but I am simply trying to point out thatif these highly trained professionals are capable of visiting this typeof transgression upon each other, it is certainly no stretch, as many ofus already know, that they can, and sometimes do "Go Cowboy" on us ordinarycitizens that somehow cross them as well. We do not have to take that.Onecan only properly defend oneself from a gun, with a gun, whether it’s beingwielded by a car-jacker or an out-of-control cop!
The bottom line is this - for all of you command level police officialsand your collective organizations that habitually and vigorously opposeany bill that would allow the average citizen a basic right that you takefor granted - the genie is out of the bottle. You’re no different nor betterthan the rest of us. Even with all of your "qualifications" you are subjectto the same human failings that we all share.
So please, shed the duplicity. Either stand up for the right of everyoneelse to protect themselves too, or voluntarily disarm yourselves at leastwhile on duty "so that this sort of thing never happens again."
Yeah, I know -- Fat Chance.
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