triticale - the wheat / rye guy

Lying Or Stupid

Waukesha County Board Chairman Jim Dwyer, now a candidate for the office of County Executive, is taking a position we hear all too often from politicians, including those with law enforcement job titles. Dwyer said he opposes permitting concealed weapons because he believes it creates too much potential for increased gun violence. One can debate whether permitted carry actually reduces crime (not that a mere shift to less confrontational forms is a bad thing, mind you) but to suggest that it increases violence, when that has been consistantly proven just flatass counterfactual, is disqualification for public office.