WI gunowners: a rant

[mpthole]

I'm guessing that Dick (aka Monkeyleg) is at the Senate as I type. I checked the website and it says the "Senate stands in recess for party caucuses". The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel doesn't say anything yet either.

Wish I knew more!!! :banghead:

 

[Fulliautomatix]

The local news here is still propagating misinformation. They are talking about the some LE association (Sheriff's?) being against it because it is going to take up so much manpower to run the background checks.

 

[AJ Dual]

I've watched the http://www.legis.state.wi.us/insession/senate/index.htm site as well and have been biting my nails all day...

11:30 THE SENATE STANDS IN RECESS FOR PARTY CAUCUSES

12:30 THE SENATE STANDS IN RECESS FOR PARTY CAUCUSES

1:30 THE SENATE STANDS IN RECESS FOR PARTY CAUCUSES

2:30 THE SENATE STANDS IN RECESS FOR PARTY CAUCUSES

Now I'm making noises just like Dean did at the end of the Iowa Caucases..

REEEEAHUUUGGGHH!

 

[Fulliautomatix]

This is such a load of tripe. I'm sick of the political BS they continually pull. Just like last year when they conveniently ran out of time to vote on it.

 

[bogie]

1. When CCW was on Missouri's ballot a few years back, a fellow told me that he liked things just the way they were, because he "knew people," so he and his wife didn't need to worry.

2. Was at a show, and talking to a fellow working a politician's booth... chatted for about five minutes before he brought up the fact that he'd once been abducted by aliens... This fellow was _running_ the booth...

 

[xenophon]

Yeah they were in caucuses all day, and around 4:54PM decided to push today's calendar (WED) over to Thursday. They had to attend the state of the union address from Doyle, so it looks like they'll start up at 8:30am Thursday morning. Damn Democrats probably stalled so Doyle could get his state of the union speech out without having the SB214 override vote biting him in the ???.

x

 

[Fulliautomatix]

Good morning all... this could be the day.

http://www.legis.state.wi.us/insession/senate/index.htm

9:20am - The Senate Stands in recess ?

 

[AJ Dual]

From: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/insession/senate/index.htm the WI state legislature "live" senate page...

THE SENATE STANDS IN RECESS
FOR THE PURPOSE OF A DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS

They're doing it again...

I am starting a separate thread on the veto override vote today... The Democrat leadership wouldn't be stalling if they didn't think the override would pass. So now I think it's a good thing. However the longer the Democratic caucus carries on, the more pressure they can bring to bear against the pro-CCW Democrats.

 

[Abe]

According to Charlie Sykes this morning on local radio (WTMJ 620AM) the senate minority leader Senator Jon Erpenbach (Democrat) threatened to throw Senator Russell Decker (one of the Democrat swing votes that voted for the bill originally) off the joint finance committee if he didn’t vote with the rest of the Democrats. This went public followed by a verbal apology from Senator Erpenbach that Charlie played on his program.

No big surprise that the Democratic leadership and the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel (known locally as the Milwaukee Urinal-Sentinel) are painting it as if the Democrats blocked the vote yesterday because the evil Republicans wanted to embarrass the governor on the day that he made the State of the State Address. (http://www.jsonline.com/news/state/jan04/201679.asp) I've got news for them, Doyle's an embarassment any day of the week, not just yesterday.

It looks like this thing may go with the help of a handful of sensible Democrats.

- Abe

 

[AJ Dual]

It still has to go through the Assembly as well. Despite all the "drama" from the Senate Democrats, the Senate is actually the "easier" house for CCW right now, IIRC CCW passed the Senate with a few more votes than needed for an override proof majority, so we could afford to lose 1-2 senate votes and still override the Governor.

In the Assembly, CCW passed, but two votes shy of a 2/3rds veto override majority, but two Republican Assemblymen who voted against the bill said they'd not stand in the way of the majority and would vote to override the Governor, so there it's critical we lose not one vote there.

Hopefully Ohio's, Minnesota's, Missouri's, and New Mexico's recent passage of CCW is adding some momentum, and provides our legislators with proof that this is passing most everywhere.

 

[Strings]

well, having been there yesterday...

and listening to the radio today, we passed the senate. Yesterday was a circus: supposed to convene at 1000, finally convened at 1130, broke for caucuses at 1140, republicans were ready to go again by 1200, dems stalled out until the repubs pushed the vote back (around 1700). When I left (@1500), a fair sized group of CCW supporters had decided to wait outside the chamber where the dems were hiding, and chanting "VOTE!" whenever the chamber door opened...

And I have to agree with the aforementioned statement: we need a nail-biting smiley!