WI. Gun owners need to read this!!!

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Wisconsin: Micro-Stamping Legislation and Castle Doctrine to be Heard Thursday, May 28!

Please Contact Committee Members!



On Thursday, May 28, at 10:00 A.M. in room 328 Northwest, the Committee on Criminal Justice will be holding a hearing on Assembly Bill 221, which would require micro-stamping technology on all newly manufactured handguns sold in Wisconsin . This dangerous legislation needs to be stopped. Micro-stamping is flawed, unreliable, and unproven technology that will burden not only law abiding citizens, but law enforcement agencies as well. Your attendance to this hearing is crucial. Don’t forget to spread the word urging your family, friends and fellow gun owners to attend this hearing to help oppose this back door gun ban scheme. Please contact the members of the Personal Privacy Committee and respectfully urge them to support the Castle Doctrine legislation (AB 193) when it is presented to them on Thursday, May 28.



Micro-stamping legislation supporters claim it will help police solve crimes, but their real purpose is to price handguns beyond the reach of many Americans, by requiring firearms to be made with the gadgetry necessary to create the markings, or to ban handguns by requiring that they "micro-stamp" more consistently than is technologically possible.



During the same time, the Committee on Personal Privacy will hear Assembly Bill 193, the Castle Doctrine self-defense legislation. Currently there are inconsistencies with Wisconsin ’s state statute in regard to what an individual’s self-defense rights are. AB 193 will clean up those inconsistencies and allow a citizen of Wisconsin to meet force with force, including deadly force when someone unlawfully enters their home. The committee will meet in room 415 Northwest.





Please also contact the committee members on the Criminal Justice committee and respectfully urge them to oppose this micro-stamping legislation (AB 221).



House Personal Privacy Committee Members:

State Representative Marlin Schneider (D-72), Chairman

(608) 266-0215

[email protected]



State Representative Amy Sue Vruwink (D-70)

(608) 266-8366

[email protected]



State Representative Frederick Kessler (D-12)

(608) 266-5813

[email protected]



State Representative Anthony Staskunas (D-15)

(608) 266-0620

[email protected]



State Representative Scott Suder (R-69)

(608) 267-0280

[email protected]



State Representative Mark Gundrum (R-84)

(608) 267-5158

[email protected]



State Representative Mary Williams (R-87)

(608) 266-7506

[email protected]



House Criminal Justice Committee Members:

State Representative Robert Turner (D-61), Chairman

(608) 266-0731

[email protected]



State Representative Frederick Kessler (D-12)

(608) 266-5813

[email protected]



State Representative Anthony Staskunas (D-15)

(608) 266-0620

[email protected]



State Representative Ann Hraychuck (D-28)

(608) 267-2365

[email protected]



State Representative James Soletski (D-88)

(608) 266-0485

[email protected]



State Representative Sandy Pasch (D-22)

(608) 266-7671

[email protected]



State Representative Joel Kleefisch (R-38)

(608) 266-8551

[email protected]



State Representative Donald Friske (R-35)

(608) 266-7694

[email protected]



State Representative Bill Kramer (R-97)

(608) 266-8580

[email protected]



State Representative Edward Brooks (R-50)

(608) 266-8531

[email protected]



State Representative Keith Ripp (R-47)

(608) 266-3404

[email protected]

 

[Monkeyleg]

Neither Schneider nor Vruwink will vote for it, and neither will Hraychuck. Doesn't hurt to call, though.

 

[ffhuggie]

Ann Hraychuck will support it

But phone calls need to be made to all others. I have spoken to her representative. Being charged with a homicide after a man or men break into your home is a nightmare. You will lose everything you own, see your mugshot on tv, have distorted lies told to the press by law enforcement and prosecutors, and have your whole life uprooted. I know this because after 16 months I just got exonerated in NW Wisconsin. You do not want to have what was done to me happen to you or anyone you care for.

 

[turbojohn41]

any news on this?

 

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Update on Castle Doctrine and Micro-stamping Hearings



Last week, two bills had public hearings in Wisconsin. The Committee on Personal Privacy held a public hearing on our Castle Doctrine bill, AB 193. Many NRA Members turned out to participate in the public hearing and show their support for the bill. AB 193 has been referred to a subcommittee to address concerns brought up in committee regarding the scope of the bill. AB 193 would allow a person to defend themselves in their residence and includes a prohibition on civil lawsuits from criminals, or their families, who are injured while committing a crime.



The second hearing held by the Committee on Criminal Justice was to discuss a possible micro-stamping bill. The hearing was widely attended, with the majority of attendees speaking against the proposed bill. There were, however, a handful of proponents, including a patent holder of “microstamping” technology and few law enforcement officials. The committee members did a great job of questioning these proponents as to the necessity and benefits of implementing a technology that has been consistently proven expensive and unreliable. At this time no formal bill has been filed in support of this issue.