[jmvbucks]

Milwaukee, WI Police Chief Ed Flynn is playing with political nitro glycerin, and he doesn’t seem to realize it, or perhaps he simply doesn’t care.

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.”

The chief displayed a rather cavalier, if not outright arrogant, attitude when he added, “Maybe I’ll end up with a protest of cowboys. In the meantime, I’ve got serious offenders with access to handguns. It’s irresponsible to send a message to them that if they just carry it openly no one can bother them.”

 

[Malsua]

How many criminals do you think would risk open carry?

 

[Malsua]

From the wiki page on this tool I immediately see the problem.

Edward A. Flynn (born circa 1948), is an American law enforcement official, currently serving as Chief of the Milwaukee Police Department. [1]

Edward Flynn began his law enforcement career rising through the ranks of the Jersey City, New Jersey Police Department, serving as officer, sergeant, lieutenant, captain, and inspector.

 

[oneshotkill]

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.”

The first legal citizen he does this to will have hit the legal lottery and every attorney for miles will cream thier pants for thier cut of the lawsuit.

The AG is not only the chief law enforcement officer of the state, he is also the chief legal officer and his word is law and has the last word on gun laws.

 

[randolphray]

He is in the wrong state Its all guns, cheese curds, packers in WI[up]

 

[jmvbucks]

Edward Flynn began his law enforcement career rising through the ranks of the Jersey City, New Jersey Police Department, serving as officer, sergeant, lieutenant, captain, and inspector

That explains everything. At first I was confused.....now it all makes sense.

 

[nick]

Losing civil lawsuits and heavy political and financial strain will quickly curb his enthusiasm.