More editorial stupidity

The Wisconsin Senate  Judiciary Committee  approved the Constitutional Carry bill, 2-3, on a party line (you expected otherwise?) vote. The bill's author said she would have no problems with the law-abiding being armed in the state Capitol.

Yesterday, the Beloit Daily News ran a bold headline: "POLICE DOUBT GUN BILL", wherein the political creatures of Sheriff and Chief all agreed that allowing us our Constitutional rights without jumping through their desired hoops will being about a return to the OK Corral.

Today, the editorial was "Be responsible, fix the gun bill", calling for the same infringements.

So, I penned this and sent it to the paper:
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Thursday, the headline was "Police doubt gun bill", telling us how the Democratic County Sheriff and the politically appointed Beloit Chief of Police both think allowing law-abiding citizens their Constitutional rights will result in a return to the lawless days of the Old West, or something, if "licensing registration and training" of those law-abiding people is not required.

Chief Jacobs is concerned lest some bad guy grab a good guy's gun, or that the police will be endangered by citizens with guns. The record of 48 states, four of which require no training or registration, says these concerns are non-existent.

Sheriff Spoden and Town of Beloit Chief Kopp also think licensing and registration somehow will prevent criminals from carrying, like they don't misuse guns already, and allowing the rest of us our rights will somehow make criminals worse.

Today, your editorial calls for the same infringements on our Second Amendment, telling us that the Wild West is just around the corner should we obey the Constitution.

Get it straight once and for all - bad guys don't follow the law, which clearly says there can be no restrictions on law-abiding people carrying defensive weapons as they will.

The law already prohibits anyone with a felony, certain misdemeanors, or serious mental illness from owning a gun, let alone carrying it. Laws have existed for centuries prohibiting use of weapons in crimes. Expecting registration and other infringements on the law-abiding to do anything to curb criminals is ingenuous at best.

Let's follow the Constitution and trust the good folks not to go nuts simply because the law is now being obeyed.

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Will I get published yet again? News as it develops.