Milwaukee Police Chief Blames Right To Carry For Crime...............
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If you're old enough to remember LP records or rotary phones, you remember the expression, "In like Flynn."
One origin story for the saying is that a New York City political boss who rose to power during FDR's presidency was named Edward J. Flynn, and whenever Boss Flynn backed a candidate, that politician was automatically "in"—hence, "In like Flynn."
Today's story is about another Edward Flynn—Milwaukee's current police chief—who also seems to be more politician than patrolman ... the guy who's always there at the press conference with his uniform, his medals, his gold stars and his scrambled eggs, who always gets quoted by the press because he always has a soundbite and a scapegoat to blame when crime goes up.
Last week, Chief Flynn was back in the headlines again. Now that Milwaukee is seeing levels of violence unseen since Jeffrey Dahmer's 17 murders were unearthed in 1991, Chief Flynn is elbowing his way to the podium to blame—you guessed it—your right to keep and bear arms:
"I can tell you anecdotally we're seeing a number of shootings involving concealed-carry permit holders—many of whom have extensive criminal records," Chief Flynn told USA Today Network - Wisconsin. "But I'm not allowed to tell you how many or whom, because the law has been carefully written to prevent analysis of that information."
The truth—and Chief Flynn knows it—is that under Wisconsin's concealed-carry law, signed as Act 35 by Gov. Scott Walker in 2011, applicants for a Wisconsin carry license undergo a detailed background check.
And if they can't pass that criminal background check—they don't get their permits.
They don't get a permit if they've been convicted—in some cases, even accused—of a wide variety of offenses, some serious, some not-so-serious.
They don't get a permit if they have a history of mental health issues.
They don't get a permit if they're subject to a domestic violence or abuse restraining order.
And they don't get a permit if they've been dishonorably discharged from the military, if they use illegal drugs, if they're illegal aliens, if they've ever renounced their U.S. citizenship, and if they fall under any of several other classes of "prohibited persons" under federal law.
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Milwaukee Police Chief Blames Right To Carry For Crime
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If you're old enough to remember LP records or rotary phones, you remember the expression, "In like Flynn."
One origin story for the saying is that a New York City political boss who rose to power during FDR's presidency was named Edward J. Flynn, and whenever Boss Flynn backed a candidate, that politician was automatically "in"—hence, "In like Flynn."
Today's story is about another Edward Flynn—Milwaukee's current police chief—who also seems to be more politician than patrolman ... the guy who's always there at the press conference with his uniform, his medals, his gold stars and his scrambled eggs, who always gets quoted by the press because he always has a soundbite and a scapegoat to blame when crime goes up.
Last week, Chief Flynn was back in the headlines again. Now that Milwaukee is seeing levels of violence unseen since Jeffrey Dahmer's 17 murders were unearthed in 1991, Chief Flynn is elbowing his way to the podium to blame—you guessed it—your right to keep and bear arms:
"I can tell you anecdotally we're seeing a number of shootings involving concealed-carry permit holders—many of whom have extensive criminal records," Chief Flynn told USA Today Network - Wisconsin. "But I'm not allowed to tell you how many or whom, because the law has been carefully written to prevent analysis of that information."
The truth—and Chief Flynn knows it—is that under Wisconsin's concealed-carry law, signed as Act 35 by Gov. Scott Walker in 2011, applicants for a Wisconsin carry license undergo a detailed background check.
And if they can't pass that criminal background check—they don't get their permits.
They don't get a permit if they've been convicted—in some cases, even accused—of a wide variety of offenses, some serious, some not-so-serious.
They don't get a permit if they have a history of mental health issues.
They don't get a permit if they're subject to a domestic violence or abuse restraining order.
And they don't get a permit if they've been dishonorably discharged from the military, if they use illegal drugs, if they're illegal aliens, if they've ever renounced their U.S. citizenship, and if they fall under any of several other classes of "prohibited persons" under federal law.
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Milwaukee Police Chief Blames Right To Carry For Crime
