12/28/2005

Will Passage of the Conceal & Carry Law In Wisconsin Prevent This?

Associated Press Headline: Several questioned in Milwaukee beating

(Note: Below is a tragic story about a beating of a man for honking his horn yesterday at a crowd on the street in Milwaukee. A couple weeks ago I read a comment to a post at ontheborderline.net that Governor Doyle and the vast majority of Democrats were trying to make it really hard to stop crime in Wisconsin. Delaying passage and signing of Wisconsin's conceal and carry law would help prevent this type of hideous, brutal crime -- the comment intimated.

Just think, with conceal and carry, arm citizens could have legally jumped out of their cars and started emptying their clips on these thugs. Of the gun-owning friends I talk to about the need for conceal and carry, only one thinks it's really needed -- and he is a gun dealer.)

Associated Press (MILWAUKEE) - A motorist who was kicked, punched and left alone in the street after honking at a group of people suffered severe head trauma and may not survive, police said.

Several people were questioned by detectives after police and city officials asked for the public's help in finding the assailants, believed to be between 16 and 23 years old. It was the latest in a string of mob beatings in the city since 2002.
Family members identified the victim as Samuel McClain, 50. His niece, Jennifer McClain, said he was believed to have been going to a friend's house at the time.
McClain was hospitalized in critical condition with severe head trauma, according to police. His condition has improved since he was beaten about 10:30 p.m. Monday, said police Lt. Scott Lange.

A group of people surrounded McClain's vehicle after he honked at them because they were in the middle of the street, said police spokeswoman Anne E. Schwartz.
The assailants, thought to be between 16 and 23 years old, yanked him from the car, beat and kicked him, she said.

Read more: Milwaukee beating

3 comments:

Lone Ranger said...

Odd that the AP story at no time describes the assailants. Even in a tragedy like this, a liberal wire service is so politically correct that it doesn't describe the "boys" involved. Guns won't help this problem. Only common sense will.

Anonymous said...

Dear Lone:

q1: Could you give an example of a problem where guns would help?

q2: Have you ever witnessed a crime where carrying a gun could have had a more positive outcome in the end result?

q3: How could the AP story better describe the assailants?

EastWing said...

I'm sorry but this law will not change most violence. The majority of violent incidences occur between people who know each other. Other non acquaintance incidents are within the lunge area, where the ability to react is extremely limited. That ability to react is based on a firearm being drawn, verses being holstered. My presumption is that most people do not walk around with firearms drawn in a point shoot position. Additionally many firearms accidents occur with non secured firearms in the home.
Violent crime correlates to economics, chemical abuse, and age of a given population base.