Milwaukee Violent Crime Rises; Blood on Doyle’s Hands, Says CCRKBA
December 4th, 2006 by Syd
12/4/2006 6:31:00 PM
To: State Desk
Contact: Joe Waldron of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep
and Bear Arms, 425-454-4911
BELLEVUE, Wash., Dec. 4 /U.S. Newswire/ — This week’s report in TIME
magazine offering reasons for the sharp rise in violent crime in
Milwaukee, Wis. overlooks one significant factor, the Citizens
Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today.
“Twice in the past three years,” said CCRKBA Executive Director Joe
Waldron, “anti-gun Democrat Gov. Jim Doyle has vetoed the single
piece of legislation that would put victims on equal footing with
criminals, and instead he has left citizens at their mercy. Doyle’s
callous disregard for the self-defense rights of the citizens who put
him in office puts their blood on his hands.
“Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, who opposed concealed carry
legislation, is also guilty of putting his own politics ahead of the
safety of his constituents,” Waldron continued. “Instead of
supporting legislation that would have allowed law-abiding citizens
to fight crime by fighting back, he’s been rubbing elbows with New
York’s Michael Bloomberg, who won’t be happy until he has disarmed
every average citizen in the country.
“Isn’t it ironic,” Waldron mused, “that Doyle, Barrett and other
anti-gun rights elitists beat the drums of hysteria about how there
would be an increase in violence if law-abiding citizens were allowed
to carry concealed handguns. They bitterly opposed concealed carry
legislation, Doyle vetoed it on the premise that he did not want
violence to increase and yet violent crime is rising.
“The truth is that Doyle’s anti-gun philosophy has disarmed the wrong
people,” Waldron explained. “Instead of enabling citizens to defend
themselves, he has perpetuated a low-risk working environment for
predatory violent criminals and the Milwaukee murder rate proves it.
“Police ranks are down because so many of our police are now serving
in reserve military units overseas, and this comes at a time when
prisons are releasing thousands of hardened criminals back out on the
streets,” Waldron added. “Situations like this are what the Second
Amendment is really about. When police departments lack the manpower
to protect the public, then the people must be able to protect themselves.
“Every homicide victim in Milwaukee and the rest of Wisconsin is a
human sacrifice on Doyle’s altar of political correctness,” Waldron concluded.