January 17, 2006
The New Criterion
Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle has announced that he will veto the Personal Protection Act "because it won't make Wisconsin residents any safer". A review of the statistics across the country shows this justification to be in error, and I'm pretty sure he knows this. I believe he opposes licensed recognition of our right to bear arms because it would make us less dependent on the government.
Be that as it may, I agree that "because it won't make Wisconsin residents any safer" is an excellent reason to veto legislation, and I expect Doyle to veto all other bills crossing his desk about which this can be said. Furthermore, I call on the State Legislature to repeal all laws currently on the books which do not make Wisconsin residents any safer. A good place to start would be the cold medicine ID law. Not only does this inconvenience everyone, and unfairly disadvantage the same handful of people as the Voter ID bill would, it also serves to give a methamphetamine monopoly to large-scale criminal organizations.
Posted by triticale at January 17, 2006 06:48 PM | TrackBack"I expect Doyle to veto all other bills crossing his desk about which this can be said."
I'm not going to hold my breath, but I like your thinking here!
Posted by: Richmond at January 18, 2006 03:35 PMMove to Colorado. Our state trusts its citizens to carry firearms responsibly. wisconsin obviously does not. How does that make you feel?
Posted by: BARRY at January 21, 2006 02:33 AM