Pass the Ammunition... and the ketchup, please!

[ericire12]

Oh, you got mustard on my S&W!



http://www.wisinfo.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200990808037

Gun owners' picnic aims to educate public, assert rights

BY ANDY NELESEN
anelesen@greenbaypressgazette.com

About 40 men — and a handful of women — gathered at Ted Fritsch Park Saturday to enjoy burgers and hot dogs and celebrate the right to bear arms.

Most carried a holstered sidearm; some didn’t. All were offering the same message: We are carrying firearms because the law says we can, and we have the right to defend ourselves.

“We’re here to spread the word that open carry is legal and bring some attention to it,” said Dan Cumings, 33, of Green Bay. He had a .357-caliber revolver holstered on his right hip.

Tiana Silva of Appleton said she wore a handgun Saturday simply because she can. Her pink holstered Taurus 9mm semi-automatic handgun was as much an fashion statement as a self-defense implement.

“I support the Second Amendment and this is one way to do it,” she said.

The open carry issue was pushed to the forefront in recent months when state Attorney General J.B. VanHollen issued an opinion which said carrying a firearm in an exposed holster is not illegal.

Green Bay police reported no problems with the event. Caution tape marked the areas of the park deemed off limits to those carrying firearms — including the park shelter’s bathrooms.

Saturday’s picnic was a blend of camaraderie for those supporting gun rights and education anyone interested. Some wore classic cowboy-style leather holsters and long-barreled revolvers while others carried the latest in compact resin semi-automatic handguns in hi-tech plastic holsters.

“People keep getting hit with propaganda and disinformation,” said Henry Rahr, 48, of Appleton. “We are out here and want to let people know what the facts are. It’s a matter of educating people that those of us who do carry are responsible, law-abiding citizens.

“This is a group of people celebrating together the right to open carry.”

Ed Faral, 41, of Green Bay, hopes that open carry gatherings help reduce the fear some associate with handguns.

“I think a lot of that is due to a lack of education … a lack of familiarity,” Faral said. “I hope that events like this make firearms in public more ordinary … not extraordinary.”

SHOCKER! Contrary to Brady Bunch predictions, the streets did not run with blood!

[tombogan03884]

Tom Gresham was talking about this Sunday.

[runstowin]

Who knows maybe it will catch on. Guns and fun, not fear.

[Kid Shelleen]

Makes you proud of those folks for standing up for their beliefs!!!

[Bidah]

Sounds to me like a lot of fear is still there.  C'mon, the police cordoned off the areas that were off limits, including the BATHROOMS!!  Why would parts of a public park be off limits?  That doesn't sound very friendly to me.

-Bidah

[Sponsor]

[tombogan03884]

Sounds to me like a lot of fear is still there.  C'mon, the police cordoned off the areas that were off limits, including the BATHROOMS!!  Why would parts of a public park be off limits?  That doesn't sound very friendly to me.

-Bidah

It's Wisconsin, Cheeseheads don't sh!t.
Actually they are to close to Chicago and their politicians try to suck up to Daley by infringing the citizens rights.
If I recall it was GreenBay where the Chief of Police said, " If we see you with a gun you will be hand cuffed and it will be siezed THEN WE will decide if you can have a hand gun or not"
This in spite of the fact that open carry is legal.

[Timothy]

On the flip side....the news reported that during the Obama rally in Portsmouth NH, there were several fellas with side arms openly visible on the grounds OUTSIDE the auditorium.  When the Chief of PD was asked by a reporter about it, he said (paraphrasing)

"It's perfectly legal for them to carry openly, it would be a crime if they were concealed and didn't have a CC permit!"

and that was that......he walked away...

[ericire12]

On the flip side....the news reported that during the Obama rally in Portsmouth NH, there were several fellas with side arms openly visible on the grounds OUTSIDE the auditorium.  When the Chief of PD was asked by a reporter about it, he said (paraphrasing)

"It's perfectly legal for them to carry openly, it would be a crime if they were concealed and didn't have a CC permit!"

and that was that......he walked away...

Check this out:
http://www.downrange.tv/forum/index.php?topic=8306.msg106192;topicseen#msg106192

[r_w]

Cool.  I don't like how that guy in the purple has his keys dangling by the trigger, though

[Pathfinder]

It's Wisconsin, Cheeseheads don't sh!t.
Actually they are to close to Chicago and their politicians try to suck up to Daley by infringing the citizens rights.
If I recall it was GreenBay where the Chief of Police said, " If we see you with a gun you will be hand cuffed and it will be siezed THEN WE will decide if you can have a hand gun or not"
This in spite of the fact that open carry is legal.

Nope, it was Milwaukee's PD Chief. Green Bay is pretty cool, or used to be. Too much hunting in that neck of the woods, too many guns running around for a gun-grabber to make any headway up there.