The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - Wisconsin Open-Carrier found Not Guilty!

LouPran · February 19, 2009, 05:25 PM

I also live in WI ... IMO, they didn't do anything wrong in going out to check out a call. To do otherwise would be wrong. Protect and Serve. Someone calls the police ... they should check it out. Otherwise, there would be crying the other way if something happened and they did not check it out.

BUT, they over step their bounds the minute they ignore the law which has now been firmly established. It is not against the law, nor is it disorderly conduct, to open carry a firearm in WI.

Assess the call by all means. And then make the right judgment based on the law and case history. If they arrest this guy again for simply having a gun open carried on his own property ... I'd say he has grounds for a suit.

February 19, 2009, 05:25 PM	#7
LouPran Senior Member Join Date: February 21, 2008 Location: Buried under record fall of "climate change" Posts: 346	I also live in WI ... IMO, they didn't do anything wrong in going out to check out a call. To do otherwise would be wrong. Protect and Serve. Someone calls the police ... they should check it out. Otherwise, there would be crying the other way if something happened and they did not check it out. BUT, they over step their bounds the minute they ignore the law which has now been firmly established. It is not against the law, nor is it disorderly conduct, to open carry a firearm in WI. Assess the call by all means. And then make the right judgment based on the law and case history. If they arrest this guy again for simply having a gun open carried on his own property ... I'd say he has grounds for a suit. __________________ Aspire to inspire before you expire - the poster formerly known as JP.