Great news from the Badger State. Gay people now have a new (and most effective) tool to protect themselves from bashers. The state Assembly approved a concealed carry bill:
The legislation would require those who want to carry concealed firearms to obtain permits. It would allow people to carry concealed weapons in the state Capitol and other public buildings but not places like police stations and courthouses. Weapons also would be prohibited in buildings where posted notices bar them, and in places like Summerfest music festival at Milwaukee’s lakefront.
Bashers will now be on notice that gay people in Wisconsin could be packing and have the means to defend themselves if attacked. While not entirely satisfied with the legislation, MadisonConservative, who alerted me to the actions of the state Assembly, observes, “the people of Wisconsin have the ability to defend their lives, their families, and their property.”
People here means all people, gays included. What’s good for all folks in the Badger State is good for gay folks in the Badger State.
Good point. If you feel vulnerable –pack heat. Or campaign for gun rights.
I love how you call this a gay rights victory.
“What’s good for all folks in the Badger State is good for gay folks in the Badger State.”
Amen!
That also goes for everywhere else, of course.
Now if anyone tries to curtail the law in Wisconsin to conceal carry can be accused of committing a hate crime since gays are protected in the new law…
and in more Wisconsin news, the business for new signs reading “concealed weapons not permitted on premises” is expected to boom.
and….why exactly is the State Capitol listed specifically as a place where people can pack a concealed weapon?
That’s fine. I’m curious what type of businesses were involved in this survey and which ones said they’d drop their plans.
Your glee at this report ignores an important factor: What will current/perspective employees do? If my employer/perspective employer dropped/wouldn’t provide a healthcare plan, then I’d be seeking other employment.
Do you think the house lefties will grasp the idea that policies that benefit everybody also benefit gay people? Or are they too stuck in their victimhood and group identification for that concept to sink in?
I am a gay Texan. I carry concealed to protect myself. I would like the permission to carry in Wisconsin when I visit as well, which I frequently do.
I fail to see how this is a gay rights issue? If anything this makes EVERYONE more unsafe.
I fail to see how this is a gay rights issue?
Well, that was a quick answer to V the K’s question.
If anything this makes EVERYONE more unsafe.
Which is why Chicago, despite illegally and unconstitutionally banning handguns, somehow managed to become even more dangerous and crime-ridden.
The problem, Dooms, is not with the guns; it is with the people who misuse them. And your problem is that, since the people who are disproportionately misusing these guns share your skin color, you aren’t capable of blaming them; instead, you take the ludicrous tack that the guns MAKE them do bad things.
Once people realize that Obama supporters like Dooms see everything in terms of the lowest common denominator, their policy views become comprehensible. Dooms and his fellow infantile liberals can’t and won’t curb their behavior; hence, the only hope is to ban it. But when one couples that with Dooms’s unwillingness to enforce such bans against minority members, what we see is that Obama Party bans only succeed in disarming the law-abiding and don’t do squat in dealing with those who aren’t.
The really entertaining part is how Barack Obama and his puppets like Dooms scream and whine about gun “safety”, but then support and endorse rappers who glamorize shooting police officers.
Poor Dooms, he seems to keep forgetting that gays are people too and that any victory for good people is therefore a victory for gays.
Then again, most leftists do seem to have trouble remembering that members of any minority group are real people, so I suppose it’s to be expected.
No Dooms – THIS (gun scandal of the Obama administration) is “making EVERYONE more unsafe”: http://hotair.com/archives/2011/06/17/operation-gunwalker-and-the-mexican-cartels/
The (main) problem with Dooms is that the poor racist assumes that anyone with a gun is likely to shoot him. Because he judges everyone by the color of their skin and not the content of thier character, he fears the worst.