Wisconsin: "Prosecutors say shootings justified, but gun concealed"
This pizza deliveryman faces nine months in prison for trying to defend himself. Maybe a few cases like this will make Wisconsin get rid of its ban on law-abiding citizens carrying concealed handguns.
A pizza deliveryman who has shot two people on the job in the past seven months was hit with his first criminal charge Wednesday: carrying a concealed weapon. . . . . According to the criminal complaint, Vegas, of Cudahy, was making a delivery in the 2800 block of N. 22nd St. on the evening of Jan. 4 for Mona Lisa Pizza, 4831 W. North Ave. As he got out of his car, he was approached by an armed assailant. Vegas then reached into his car's passenger seat, got his .32 semi-automatic pistol and shot his assailant, the complaint says; he then waited for police.
Labels: ConcealedCarry, GunControl
posted by John Lott at 11:33 AM
3 Comments:
Why is having a gun on the passenger seat considered concealed? It wasn't on his person, and isn't he allowed to keep a gun in the car under the general "peaceable journey" or whatever it's called, theory?
What's really going on here?
Doug in Colorado
In the past, the state legislature passed CCW by 2/3 initially, but two or three dems in one of the chambers always flipflopsed to uphold the gov's veto? Maybe they'll think twice this time if enough people make this case an issue. It'll be interesting to see how it plays out.
We REALLY need a few of these cases here in Illinois. I moved here a month ago, and I'm seriously considering moving to NW Indiana after grad school over this issue.
Doug, he probably had it laying on the seat or got conned into telling the cops it was on the seat without knowing the law or previous court cases. If I was in his situation (knowing the law, I would have placed it on the dash saying "Yes, it was there." Some court case a few years ago determined that a pistol on the front passenger seat is concealed. Open carry is legal in WI (though you'll probably get harrassed anywhere south of I-94), but has to be on the dash.
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