Author: rockriverpatriots

The public hearings for the Concealed Carry Bills are this Thursday May 12th.  The details are listed below. The Rock River Patriots support CONSTITUTIONAL CARRY only for many reasons.  See our Constitutional Carry post for many of the reasons contained our “Talking Points Memo”. Another reason to support  CONSTITUTIONAL CARRY is because, as Constitutional Conservatives,  we want to keep government limited in size and scope.  This “permit carry” bill opens the door for more gov’t in our lives.  I thought that is what the Republicans in Wisconsin campaigned on…Limited Government! While we highly recommend that all gun owners get training,  the training requirement is something that should be VOLUNTARY.  Since 2009 people have been carrying openly in WI without any incident that I am aware of that would be classified as a “training issue”.  There is no no training requirement to open carry.  There is also no training requirement in Vermont, Wyoming, Alaska, or Arizona where they have Constitutional Carry.  If any major incidents have happened there, they have not been widely publicized. THERE ARE GAMES BEING PLAYED IN MADISON REGARDING THE CONSTITUTIONAL CARRY BILL.  It seems the leadership doesn’t want this bill to even get a chance to be…

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Call your representative and tell them to support and co-sponsor the Constitutional Carry Bill – LRB – 2007/1. What is Constitutional Carry? Constitutional Carry recognizes the natural God-given right of self-defense to every individual guaranteed by The 2nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and Article 1 Section 25 of the Wisconsin Constitution.  Constitutional Carry allows  for the choice of law abiding citizens to carry openly or carry concealed with a firearm without any government permit and/or training requirement.  48 other states have some form of concealed carry legislation on the books.  The time has come for Wisconsin to recognize the natural rights of its citizens to protect themselves and pass Constitutional Carry legislation. Not convinced?  Here is our Constitutional Carry Talking Points Memo that helps to answer some of the questions people may have.

We said it would happen…and it has.  While I’m not surprised, it is very concerning that this is coming from someone on the right. From The American Dream: Are you against raising the debt ceiling? If so, according to former Bush Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill you are actually part of Al-Qaeda. Yes, seriously. During an interview on Bloomberg TV the other day, O’Neill actually made the following statement: “The people who are threatening not to pass the debt ceiling are our version of Al-Qaeda terrorists. Really. They’re really putting our whole society at risk by threatening to round up 50 percent of the members of the Congress, who are looney, who would put our credit at risk.”

PUBLIC HEARING Committee on Election and Campaign Reform  The committee will hold a public hearing on the following items at the time specified below: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 10:00 AM North Hearing Room (2nd Floor North) State Capitol Assembly Bill 7 Relating to: requiring certain identification in order to vote at a polling place or obtain an absentee ballot, verification of the addresses of electors, absentee voting procedure in certain residential care apartment complexes and adult family homes, identification cards issued by the Department of Transportation, creating an identification certificate issued by the Department of Transportation, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. By Representatives Stone, Tauchen, Honadel, J. Ott, Vos, Pridemore, Bernier, LeMahieu, August, Spanbauer, Kramer, Petersen, Ziegelbauer, Kestell, Ripp, Van Roy, Kerkman, Jacque, Litjens, Nass, Kaufert, Strachota, Steineke, Kapenga, Krug, Farrow, Knodl, Kleefisch, Kooyenga, Ballweg, Endsley, Rivard, Thiesfeldt, A. Ott, Petryk, Williams, Severson, Wynn, Knudson, Kuglitsch, Petrowski, Nygren, Meyer, Tiffany, Bies, Knilans, J. Fitzgerald and Klenke; cosponsored by Senators Leibham, Lazich, Vukmir, Kapanke, Grothman, Darling, Galloway, Wanggaard, Kedzie, Ellis, Zipperer, Olsen, Schultz, Moulton, Lasee, Cowles, Hopper, Harsdorf, S. Fitzgerald and Carpenter. The Public Hearing will start on April 27, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. until 4:00…

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Below is an email from the Fort Atkinson School District inquiring if the district should take a grant for “FREE” breakfast and lunch during summer school.  Following is a response from a concerned taxpayer in the Fort Atkinson School District.  I have a call in to the “Nutrition Director” to see where exactly the grant is coming from. Update: The “Nutrition Director” told me the grant is called: The Simplified Summer Food Service Program for Children .  Here is the link: http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/fns/summerchoices.html I don’t think anyone should be getting “free” lunch.  Nothing is “FREE” and there are always strings attached.  Many of those taking advantage of the free/reduced lunch services are illegal immigrants and/or their children.  Is it any wonder that we have an illegal immigration problem when more and more services like these are offered? This goes to the premise of free/reduced lunch in the first place.  Are people just taking advantage of the system because it is there?  I once heard a person comment on this type of behavior saying, “When you put out the ice cream, the ants will come.”  The more “freebies” a community offers, the more people move there to take advantage of the “freebies”….

Patriots… We know there is a TEA Party on Saturday April 16th, and encourage your attendance.  HOWEVER… If you have not marked your calendar already for Tax Day Friday April 15th, we encourage you to do so.  The Rock River Patriots, in cooperation with other TEA Party/Patriot Groups, are having a Patriot Lobby Day at the Capitol.  This is a great time to meet your legislator and/or legislative aides, and introduce yourselves. The two key issues on our agenda are Comprehensive Voting Reform and Constitutional Carry. We will be having several seminars / presentations that will be repeated throughout the day.  The seminars / presentations will include showings of The Cartel, a seminar on The 2nd Amendment, Globalism and the NWO, and Sustainable Development/Agenda 21, and on our two key issues.  We will also have educational materials available for you to take and distribute. The meetings / seminars start at 9am, 10:30am, and 1pm respectively in the following rooms: Room 425 Southwest – The morning seminars will briefly cover voting reform and constitutional carry.  Educational materials will be available.  At 1:00pm Nik Clark from Wisconsin Carry, Inc. will talk specifically on the 2nd Amendment. Room 411 South – The movie “The Cartel” will…

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Here is a letter sent from Rep. Steve Nass to AG VanHollen regarding Assistant AG Thomas C. Bellavia.  Representative Nass is questioning whether Assistant AG Bellavia can be trusted to represent the interests of the legislature considering his expressed personal opposition to the Budget Repair Bill. Rep. Nass Letter To AG VanHollen