Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

April 24, 2009

In August of last year, Milwaukee resident Brad Krause was charged with disorderly conduct for openly carrying a sidearm on his own property. This followed a complaint from Krause?s neighbor. Krause was acquitted of the charge, but his gun was never returned.

A recent memo from the state?s attorney general grudgingly admits that although Wisconsin law forbids citizens to exercise their right to carry concealed weapons, there is no statute banning them from carrying them openly.

Reacting to that ruling Milwaukee police Chief Edward Flynn declared: ?My message to my troops is if you see anybody carrying a gun ? we?ll put them on the ground, take the gun away and then decide whether you have a right to carry it.?

Flynn thus demonstrates that in Milwaukee, as elsewhere, the most significant threat of armed violence comes from lawless government, not from individuals seeking to protect themselves.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.