Second Amendment Rights Do Not End at the Front Door of City Hall or the Library

“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”

U.S. Constitution: Second Amendment

Mayor Tom Taylor excused himself from the Common Council Meeting on Tuesday, October 18, leaving some Franklin citizens to speculate whether the self-proclaimed Republican mayor was trying to avoid making public comments or having to break a tie vote on agenda item G1. Ordinance to amend the Municipal Code as it pertains to the carrying of concealed weapons within the City and certain City buildings.

At approximately the 19:00 time-mark in the meeting’s audio recording, Franklin Police Chief Richard Oliva presents a verbal report and recommendation to the common council on the subject matter pertaining to agenda item G1.In the ensuing debate you’ll hear Franklin Aldermen all over the map and not very well versed on the subject of Wisconsin’s concealed carry law.   This issue has nothing to do with hunting or hunter safety.

Second Amendment Gun rights have dogged Mayor Taylor in the past, and we have discovered that in a July 14, 2009, letter to the then-leaders of the United States Congress, Mayor Taylor joined approximately 400 other U.S. mayors and members of New York Mayor Bloomberg’s group: Mayors Against Illegal Guns Mayors, a coalition that has long believed that the issue of concealed carry regulation is one best left to cities and states, and strong opposition to Congressional bills like the Thune Concealed Carry Amendment.

The Common Council chose to hold this matter over for its Tuesday, November 1 meeting, the same date Wisconsin’s concealed carry law becomes effective.

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