WI:Open Carry Victory Picnic in Oconomowoc Park
In early May of this year, TMJ4, a Milwaukee television station, set off a flurry of interest in Oconomowoc and Wisconsin open carry laws. A Wisconsin mother was in the park, took the above picture, posted it on Facebook, and asked if open carry was a legal practice. TMJ4 talked to Oconomowoc officials who told them that a local ordinance made it illegal. TMJ4 broadcast that information to hundreds of thousands of Milwaukee homes.
Local Second Amendment supporters were outraged. Nick Clark, President of Wisconsin Carry, contacted the television station and reporter, and informed them that they had received bad information. He cited the Wisconsin statutes involved, which made clear that any local Oconomowoc ordinance as described, would not be valid and not be enforceable. An online debate occurred in the comments where, as usual, Second Amendment supporters cited the law and the facts, and clearly triumphed.
Oconomowoc Police Chief Beguhn checked the facts, and graciously contacted Nic Clark. Chief Beguhn told him that he realized that the ordinance was unenforceable. He said that he would ask the city council to remove it.
City Administrator Diane Gard refused to admit to any error, only switching her position to say that the law was “under review. TMJ4 titled their semi-retraction/correction “City suspends enforcement of ‘open carry’ law“.
While covering a gun turn in event in Milwaukee, a private buyer informed me that a victory open carry picnic was planned in Oconomowoc that afternoon. By luck and circumstance, I was able to attend. I had wondered if such a picnic would be organized. Below is a picture of the Second Amendment supporters in the same location as the original photograph above.
At the picnic, everyone was having a good time. I was able to interview Krysta Sutterfield, who is working to appeal the outrageous 7th Circuit decision against her lawsuit to the Supreme Court. That is for another article.
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TMJ4 was in attendance at the gun turn in event in Milwaukee. Perhaps they did not get the word about the celebratory open carry picnic in Oconomowoc. It would have made a great companion story to their original one with the Facebook photograph.
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