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WI:Milwaukee Sheriff: ‘Return firearms within 48 hours when cleared for self-defense’
guns.com ^ | 26 August, 2013 | S.H. Blannelberry

Posted on 08/31/2013 2:35:40 AM PDT by marktwain

Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. told a gathering of about 100 people on Sunday that citizens who use their firearms in self-defense should have their guns returned to them within 48 hours of being cleared of criminal charges.

Clarke was a guest speaker at a free concealed-carry class held at Kochanski’s Concertina Beer Hall, located on the city’s south side, an establishment that made headlines last week after the owner of the tavern, Andy Kochanski, fatally shot a would-be robber.

While prosecutors have cleared Kochanski of criminal charges and agree that he acted lawfully in defense of himself and the patrons at the bar, the firearm he used to kill the suspect, 23-year-old Carmelo Matoz-Arzola, a Glock .45, had not been given back to him.

Before a packed house, the three-time elected Sheriff said that he is going to put pressure on legislators to enact a law that ensures firearms used in self-defense situations are returned quickly to their law-abiding owners.

(Excerpt) Read more at guns.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: banglist; clarke; guncontrol; milwaukee; secondamendment; wi
Might Sheriff Clarke run for Governor?
1 posted on 08/31/2013 2:35:40 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain

I’m not up to posting all the pings, tags, or posting to every thread anymore, but I wanted you to know that I DO read them and thank you.


2 posted on 08/31/2013 2:59:17 AM PDT by MestaMachine (My caps work, You gotta earn them.)
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To: MestaMachine

Sheriff Clarke notwithstanding, ALWAYS have a few backup weapons....just in case.


3 posted on 08/31/2013 3:05:17 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Gaffer

Why are Criminal charges filed if you are defending yourself?


4 posted on 08/31/2013 3:42:40 AM PDT by gigster (Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
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To: gigster

I don’t know. Perhaps a PC District Attorney reads a police report that concludes or indicates ‘self-defense’ (with no action taken save holding the weapon), and then the PC DA starts thinking about elections and minority group protests and then decides later to charge the ‘victim’. Regardless, whether you are charged or not, the police will likely hold your weapon for a while and it is in that regard I say it best if you have more than one.


5 posted on 08/31/2013 3:45:39 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: gigster
Why are Criminal charges filed if you are defending yourself?

Comrade, Here in Dear Leader Obama's AmeriKKa, you are assumed guilty until proven innocent. Especially if you're white, or a White Hispanic. Just accept that fact and things will go much easier for you.

All Hail Obama!
The Minister Of Propaganda & Disinformation

6 posted on 08/31/2013 3:50:03 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: Gaffer

One is none... two is one... and there ain’t no such thing as too many.


7 posted on 08/31/2013 5:08:00 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS!)
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To: gigster

“Why are Criminal charges filed if you are defending yourself?”

Ask GEORGE ZIMMERMAN.


8 posted on 08/31/2013 5:08:52 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS!)
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To: marktwain

Against Scott Walker?


9 posted on 08/31/2013 5:52:32 AM PDT by vladimir998
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To: vladimir998

Against Scott Walker?

I doubt it.

Maybe later, or for Senator?


10 posted on 08/31/2013 6:01:18 AM PDT by marktwain (The MSM must die for the Republic to live. Long live the new media!)
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To: marktwain

Nothing but confiscation, with a nice name.
The left hates it when normal people defend themselves.

So for 47 hours, the crook knows the normal person is disarmed.


11 posted on 08/31/2013 6:10:13 AM PDT by I want the USA back
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If you didn't commit a crime, why should government keep your gun 48 hours? Give it back now!
12 posted on 08/31/2013 6:18:25 AM PDT by Standing Wolf (No tyrant should ever be allowed to die of natural causes.)
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The word “immediately” should replace 48 hours. Now the dead or wounded thugs’ homies and relatives know they’ve got a 48 hour window to find and off the defendant.


13 posted on 08/31/2013 8:59:23 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed &water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS, NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: marktwain; Hunton Peck; Diana in Wisconsin; P from Sheb; Shady; DonkeyBonker; Wisconsinlady; JPG; ..
Good guy Sheriff Clarke in the news again.

Freep Mail me if you want on, or off, this Wisconsin interest ping list.

Sheriff Clarke looks mighty fine on horseback. Our governors usually ride around on Harleys, but my heart goes pit-a-pat when I see a man on horseback.


14 posted on 08/31/2013 9:35:13 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Like


15 posted on 08/31/2013 9:48:30 AM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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Gun Tweet of the Day: NFL Fines Jets QB for “Finger Gun” Celebration
By Robert Farago on August 31, 2013

Screen Shot 2013-08-31 at 8.48.36 AM

“The NFL launched a preemptive strike against playful celebration gestures and fined the New York Jets’ Matt Simms for pretending his hands were guns,”

bleacherreport.com reports.

The website got the heads-up from Newsday sports writer Kimberly A. Martin’s Twitter feed. One wonders what impact a $7875 fine will have on a player pulling down $405,000 per year plus, plus, plus. Some. But the NFL’s continued insistence that finger guns are verboten is the worst kind of PC pandering. Meanwhile, where’s the video or pic? Strange that the internets is bereft of Simms’ ballistic finger ballet. Or is it?

http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com


16 posted on 08/31/2013 9:49:50 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: afraidfortherepublic

That is one FINE lookin’ steed...and the horse ain’t half bad, either, LOL! :)


17 posted on 08/31/2013 10:08:30 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

You have a good eye, Diana!


18 posted on 08/31/2013 10:18:34 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic

We red-blooded female Patriots CRAVE leadership - and that man has it! :)


19 posted on 08/31/2013 10:25:29 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Nice!


20 posted on 08/31/2013 1:06:39 PM PDT by Ellendra ("Laws were most numerous when the Commonwealth was most corrupt." -Tacitus)
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