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Tyranny in Wisconsin
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"...[T]wo Democrats who rule the Wisconsin State
Senate with iron fists abused and ignored their own Senate rules..." |
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Bill sponsor
Senator Zien |
On Tuesday, March 12, the two Democrats who rule the Wisconsin State
Senate with iron fists abused and ignored their own Senate rules in
order to single-handedly block a Right-to-Carry bill from receiving a
full and fair vote by the citizens' elected officials on the Senate
floor. In most places, this would be called tyranny. The local press
called it "arbitrary enforcement of the rules."
After the Personal Protection Act, AB 675, had passed the Assembly
Criminal Justice Committee on a vote of 10-4, the full Assembly on a
vote of 58-40, and then the Senate Judiciary Committee on a vote of
4-1, anti-gun Senate President Fred Risser (D-26) and Senate Majority
Leader Chuck Chvala (D-16) were running scared. They were convinced the
Right-to-Carry bill had the necessary support to make it to the
Governor's desk.
Risser and Chvala claimed motions by pro-gun Senators for a full and
fair vote were out of order because they violated "rules of Senate
decorum." These rules, however, pertain to wearing proper attire and
not smoking or reading newspapers while in the Senate chamber. Of
course, none of those rules were violated. But Risser and Chvala played
judge, jury and executioner, leaving no recourse available to proponents
of Right-to-Carry.
Senate President Risser claimed throughout the proceedings that he did
not hear the "objections" that were literally yelled by a number of
Senators on many occasions. Majority Leader Chvala refused to answer
questions asked of him by his fellow Senators.
In the end, the Senate President and Majority Leader silenced the voices
of the hundreds of citizens who showed their support for Right-to-Carry
by attending the three committee meetings on this legislation that were
held this year. Because of the actions of these two anti-gun senators,
Wisconsin's law-abiding gun owners will go without the freedom to choose
their means of self-protection for another year.
If you would like to hear for yourself what happened on the Senate floor
on Tuesday night, you can call (608) 261-0533 for a six minute summary
recording. You can also access the home page of
Senator Dave Zien (R-23), the
Senate sponsor of the bill, at
www.legis.state.wi.us/senate/sen23/news/. To receive Right to Carry
updates from Senator Zien, use the "contact me" tool to send his office
your contact information.
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