Top cop blames NRA for law’s failings

[SecularMotion]

Ed Flynn, Milwaukee’s chief of police, had his suspicions about the role of the National Rifle Association in crafting Wisconsin’s concealed carry bill, enacted last year.

“It felt like an NRA bill. It looked like NRA bill,” Flynn says. “But it wasn’t until we tried to gin up bipartisan support for some common sense modifications that we realized it was in fact an NRA bill.”

Flynn’s moment of truth came when he contacted the office of a state senator — he won’t say who — and asked for changes to block habitual criminals, not just those with felony convictions, from getting permits. A key staffer gave him contact info for a national NRA lobbyist.

What the aide conveyed, Flynn says, was, “This is out of our hands. If you’re going to change this, we need to get permission.” From the NRA.

http://www.wisconsinwatch.org/2012/08/08/top-cop-blames-nra-for-laws-failings/

[Oneka]

1. Is that the same chief Flynn who said this?

 
   Quoted by the La Crosse Tribune, Chief Flynn says he will ignore a finding by State Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen that peaceable open carry of firearms is legal. Flynn’s directive to officers in his department is “if you see anybody carrying a gun on the streets of Milwaukee, we’ll put them on the ground, take the gun away and then decide whether you have a right to carry it.”

http://www.examiner.com/article/milwaukee-wi-police-chief-setting-stage-for-confrontation

I think i can speak for all of us here , when i say "I don't know what we would do without , chief Flynn safeguarding our
rights with his police force.

[DonP]

3. Spoken like a true descendant of Bull Connor

No problem ignoring the findings of the courts, after all chief, you know what's best for your city and how to keep "those people" in their place.

[4th law of robotics]

6. "decide whether you have a right to . . . . "

Fascist.

Cops don't determine our rights. They are limited by them.

[MrDiaz]

7. completely agree

"habitual criminals" is a very broad term, if i have been arrested 2 times for marijuana would i not be able to own a gun?

[rDigital]

8. In Ohio,

you could own a firearm and open carry, but you would not qualify for a CCW license.

[sylvi]

13. Pretty much the definition of police state

When the cops themselves make up the law as they go along.

[Oneka]

16. Indeed

And now this authoritarian thug, is whining about the NRA, because he was unable to bully some local lawmakers. What a piece-o
work...

[Tuesday Afternoon]

18. just because it wears a uniform does not meant it is not a thug.

chief Flynn is a fucking thug.

[slackmaster]

2. What is Chief Flynn's handle on Democratic Underground?

Or does he have more than one handle?

[rDigital]

12. Two of them

but neither of them have posted in this thread. It's just too clear of a loosing battle for that type.

[Glassunion]

15. .

[aikoaiko]

4. Chief Flynn, do some police work and arrest criminals, and then STFU.

We all profit from good police work and less whining about you ineffectiveness at influencing the political process.

[GreenStormCloud]

5. But, haven't we been repeatedly told the NRA has not power? N/T

[ileus]

9. I'm sure he was told to contact the NRA...

[Oneka]

10. a curious place to put quote marks, wouldn't ya say?

What the aide conveyed, Flynn says, was, “This is out of our hands. If you’re going to change this, we need to get permission.” From the NRA.

From the NRA,,,, were those the words of the unnamed aide, or were those the words of Flynn, or did the author of the article just make shit up?

[rDigital]

11. I love how

the op just spams these threads and doesn't post or have anything to add to the discussion, not even an opening comment.

This would get you banned on any other forum.

[rl6214]

14. Oh but if you do comment to him/her you will be accused of being a seriel disruptor

at least that's what I was told in another thread. I guess I must have struck a nerve.

[Remmah2]

17. Sounds like a top cop has political aspirations. nt

nt