Wis. Picnic Invitation: Bring Your Brats And Guns

WCCO.com ^ | 5/13/09 | AP

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

A picnic open to the public at a park in La Crosse County will offer free brats and hamburgers and an invitation to bring your gun.

Organizer Hubert Hoffman says Sunday's picnic at Marvin Gardens Park in the Town of Onalaska celebrates a recent opinion from state Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen that citizens who openly carry firearms should not be cited for disorderly conduct.

Hoffman says the picnic is open to everyone, including children and those who don't want to bring a gun.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Party on, Wisconsin!

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Bang..

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Can I bring my armed children? LOL!

Hey, Ralph! Grab your ammo belt and let’s go. :)

[TurtleUp]

I hope the organizers stay alert. This is the sort of thing that Obama’s thugs would crash to cause trouble.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Having lived in Milwaukee for 12 years, before returning to Ohio, I’m pretty sure the “BRATS” in the title refers to sausages and not children!

[Diana in Wisconsin]

‘Wisconsin Conservative Politics’ Ping!

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"La Crosse County sheriff's Capt. Mike Horstman says Hoffman is "legally entitled" to host the open carry picnic."

Gee, thanks for your approval. Already got it from James Madison when he wrote the second amendment though...

[a fool in paradise]

Mmmmm! Brats!

[a fool in paradise]

Is this the first annual Brats and Gats festival?

[a fool in paradise]

Hoffman says the picnic is open to everyone, including children

I thought this WAS the brats they were referring to.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

You’ve never visited Sheboygan, then...

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

The Snoid is from Sheboygan!

[Old Mountain man]

Could you save me a couple?

[Dixie Yooper]

Brat feeds in Wisconsin...I miss living there this time of year.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I always enjoyed being in Sheboygan when my corporate office was located there.

[TXnMA]

Sounds like risky business to me (especially if alcoholic beverages are included).

All it would take to create a national anti-gun incident for the gun-grabbers to publicize forever would be for one 0bamaTroll to show up and "act up" -- and for one conservative to brandish (or worse -- discharge) a weapon in response...

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

I’ll wager that there will be some rules and they will be strictly enforced.

I’m not worried. They’ll do just fine.

[TXnMA]

"They’ll do just fine."

I certainly hope so!

[Ladysmith]

Hey there, I heard about this this past weekend, there are three different ones happening around the state so far.

[Ladysmith]

http://opencarry.mywowbb.com/forum57/24831.html

[Ladysmith]

http://www.weau.com/news/headlines/44626467.html

[Landru]

"You’ve never visited Sheboygan, then..."

HA!!
Right-on, Eric.

OTOH when we were kids we used to sum up bad situations saying, "Better than being stuck in Sheboygan without a car."

The town's no longer a tough little Great Lakes fishing town, today. It's quite clean, very nice and totally secure compared to Milwaukee. ;^)

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I always felt welcome in Wisconsin.

[Landru]

"I always felt welcome in Wisconsin."

Was your tax dollars old friend, your tax dollars. ;^)

[codercpc]

Dates, Dates, Dates! The article does not tell us when this will be held.

[rabidralph]

Now, now! We want to be good citizens and they do require that you leave the ammo separate from your properly holstered and visible firearm. It does sound like fun.

[rabidralph]

It's this Sunday, 11am to 3:30pm.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“...and they do require that you leave the ammo separate from your properly holstered and visible firearm.”

Fine. I’ll fill the kids’ pockets with ammo; gotta love those cargo-style pants, LOL! :)

[Ladysmith]

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?p=5590305

The date is SET! May 17, 2009. The time is SET: 11:00 AM — 3:30 PM.
The location IS SET: contact me via PM for advanced location notice.

[rabidralph]

More guidelines from the comments section of the Lacrosse Trib article, courtesy of organizer Hubert Hoffman:

Hubert Hoffman, Onalaska wrote on May 13, 2009 5:58 AM: " Park Location:

N5523 Sobkowiak Rd.
Onalaska, WI 54650 "

Hubert Hoffman, Onalaska wrote on May 13, 2009 5:57 AM:

" Guidelines

• All firearms must be unloaded and encased during vehicle transport as required by Wisconsin State Law.
• Firearms should be transported in a non-passenger area of the vehicle if possible.
• Firearms cases must be completely removed from the vehicle before being opened.
• All firearms MUST REMAIN HOLSTERED at all times, except for what is required for vehicle transport.
• All Wisconsin concealed carry restrictions and prohibitions apply.
• Only those 18 years of age and older may possess a firearm.
• ALL firearms safety rules MUST be followed.
• If somebody says, “can I see your firearm,” simply turn and show them your holstered firearm.
• Please leave long guns at home.
• No alcohol or drugs permitted. "

[rabidralph]

LOL!!!!!! You kill me!

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Good stuff!!!

[rabidralph]

Spoken like a true FReeper who hasn’t read the article :-0 Alcohol is prohibited at the picnic.

[TXnMA]

LOL!!! Caught in flagrante delicto!!! '-0

OTOH, I'd still be concerned with liberal "trolls"...

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Here I thought it was the Leinenkugels.

[gogogodzilla]

OMG! What did you do to those children?!? Grilling up brats like that!

It’s Soylent Brat!

:-P

[2harddrive]

FYI: The 2nd Amendment is SELF-incorporated to all government entities at every level. It is MORE ABSOLUTE than the 1st Amendment, or any of the others, because the wording forbids not only CONGRESS, but ANYONE from infringing on it. The 1st says “Congress shall make no law...”. The 2nd say “shall NOT be infringed!” Period! End of debate!

[Jimmy Valentine's brother]

Stopping by to see what my EPIC FRiend is doing.

My Aunt is from Sheboygan. All her kin has passed though.

How’s that Red wagon running?

Have fun at the picnic. It will be the safest place in America on Sunday!

[rabidralph]

Well, Hello, to your aunt is Sheboygan.

The Red wagon is doing well. Fighting rust and deer every day!

My farm friends just e-mailed and offered to carpool with me to the picnic so we'll be going! Will be a lot of fun!

Have a wonderful weekend, my friend! Tell the Chapter I said hello.

[rabidralph]

And Party, we did! Here's a video of the day's activities. It was a lot of fun! More than 200 people attended by the time I left the area around 1pm. Wonderful, friendly people, wearing their favorite firearm. Thanks, to Hubert and his family for hosting the picnic with free brats, burgers and sodas! Please ping the WI list and others who might be interested.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Thanks for the update....

Well done!!

[rabidralph]

Thanks! I hope some FReepers were able to attend.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

They all looked like FReepers!!!!

;-)

[rabidralph]

LOL! Yes, they do.

[rabidralph]

WKBT story

WXOW This one has a 2nd Amendment Sister speaking!

There also should be a story in the La Crosse Trib because their reporter and photog were there but they haven't updated their site yet.

[rabidralph]

La Crosse Trib story

Event organizer Hubert Hoffman is on the right.

[rabidralph]

Ping, to the story in the trib.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Thanks for the links! Looks like a good time was had by all. :)

[Jimmy Valentine's brother]

I think I know someone mentioned in the article. Nice weather!

[rabidralph]

:-) Yeah, the weather was great! Low 60s with a little breeze but wonderful sunshine. I can’t believe I’m referring to 60 degrees as great.