Imagine you’re a cop and somebody who took a few hours of classes a few years ago gets upset, maybe has a few drinks, and decides to get even with someone.

As a cop, it’s your responsibility to make sure the law is upheld and that we don’t have a Wild Wild West scene on Wisconsin streets. Oh sure, you’ve got a bullet proof vest, but head shots and anything not covered by the vest can still be lethal. Your family doesn’t have a say so as to whether some angry guy decides that they’ve got a vendetta to settle and Daddy’s the only thing keeping the streets from erupting in gunfire.

So Dad gets caught in the crossfire and little Johnny spends the rest of his life wondering what it would have been like to have Dad there to see his kindergarden graduation, let alone graduation from college.

This is the scene that played out in arguments in the state legislature recently where police associations across Wisconsin came out in united opposition to the NRA / GOP backed “conceal carry” law that would have turned streets, playgrounds, churches, movie theaters and even festivals in possible virtual shooting galleries for anyone who took a 20 hour class.

Doyle’s quotes after the legislature sustained his veto summed it up when he said:

I am pleased that my veto has been upheld and parents will not have to worry about having loaded and lethal weapons in shopping malls, movie theaters, on playgrounds and even at the state fair. Parents can breathe a sigh of relief that guns will not be allowed into school zones.

“The overwhelming majority of law enforcement opposed this bill because it would have made their jobs more difficult and more dangerous, and would have put our kids at risk. I was pleased to stand with them in defeating this legislation.

But Doyle wasn’t just vehement in his opposition to conceal carry. He was outright dismissive about the NRA suckups who chose to focus on guns when there are so many other important issues that affect Wisconsinites.

He said “I urge the Legislature to turn its attention now to the real issues affecting Wisconsin families - like making college more affordable, and passing my emergency energy assistance package to help 30,000 working families pay their heating bills this winter.”

It seems a little petty for legislators to be focusing on guns when seniors are freezing in their homes this winter. If personal protection is really the priority of the GOP, why aren’t they doing anything about protecting people from freezing for fear that if they don’t pay their energy bills they won’t be able to continue to live in their own houses?
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Related Tidbit: Watchdog Milwaukee received an email today reminding us that State Senator Jeff Plale has a 100% voting record from the NRA. Kinda makes you wonder how this is going to play in his upcoming primary election as his district is tending more liberal with each home sold.