Walker supporter carrying gun causes stir in Jackson County

[brooklynite]

Wisconsin State Journal:

A man wearing a gun in a holster and a T-shirt that said "Scott Walker for President" caused a stir after he voted in a small western Wisconsin village.

Village of Merrillan Clerk Debra Green said Tuesday the man is a firm believer in the right to openly carry firearms. She says he came to the village hall to vote with a pistol in a holster, tied to his leg.

She says that made some poll workers "very uneasy." After voting he went across the street and was handing out yard signs supporting Walker. Green says the man left after he saw poll workers observing him.

I hope someone got a photo; it would be great for a campaign ad.

But of course, some people might find photography in a polling place to be disruptive...

[Skittles]

1. pathetic gun nut

[2ndAmForComputers]

6. That is a correct assessment.

[Scuba]

2. Nope. We will NOT be intimidated.

[Poiuyt]

3. When I went to vote today (in Wisconsin) there were signs saying no firearms allowed

And is across the street far enough away from the polling place to be campaigning?

[Hoyt]

4. Going for Ted Nugent vote.

[randr]

5. Does Wisconsin have one of those Florida gun laws?

If I were there I might have been so afraid I would have had to shot the guy myself just out of fear of what he might do.

[Jackpine Radical]

7. Merrillan & a lot of other little towns in that region are a Walkerite hotbed.

As you drive along Hwy 12, there are stretches where the pro-Walker signs outnumber the Recall signs by 4-1. I drive that road 2-3 times a month & (maybe except in Waukesha Co.) nowhere have I seen such a ratio of signs.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

8. Hmmm

somebody better demand an investigation into whether this guy was "intimidating" voters/poll workers.