When Constitutional Carry Legislation is brought forth like HB-113 the ANTI-GUN POLICE UNION begins to lobby the legislature with the mantra “we just want to keep our officers safe” as if somehow law abiding citizens are the threat. The legislators even treat these lobbyists as an authority, forgetting the duty to represent the people and protect their “Second Amendment Rights” guaranteed to them by the Constitution.

The Venomous Union will stop at nothing, even performing background checks on law abiding gun rights advocates. These tactics don’t belong in Wyoming, it’s time the ANTI-GUN POLICE UNION stops lumping “Law abiding citizens” in with the COP KILLERS!

Here’s the truth about the COP KILLERS - they are Career Criminals!
The following is a summary of “Cop Killer Profiles” from the 2008 FBI Summaries of Officers Feloniously Killed. To see report click here

Of course none were in Alaska, Vermont or Wyoming…the following reveals the profile of the Cop Killers that don’t care what the law is.

Arizona

1. The 25-year-old suspect had a prior criminal record and was known to use drugs.

2. The 42-year-old a known drug dealer, was arrested in Mexico and at the time of this publication, was still in custody there for unrelated smuggling charges and was awaiting extradition to the United States to face trial in this case.

California

1. The man had a prior criminal record including weapons violations and was a known user of narcotics.

2. Call that became a tactical situation…at a beauty shop where an employee’s ex-husband had broken the front window to gain entrance and was making threats and displaying a weapon

3. The man, who was on parole at the time of the incident and who had a prior criminal record that included violent crime, drugs, police assault, and weapons violations…

Florida

1. The man had a prior criminal record that included violent crime, drugs, and weapons violations.

2. The man had suffered some mental problems…His family had attempted twice on the previous day to have him involuntarily placed under psychiatric observation, but he had left the hospital twice on his own. He had proven to be verbally abusive and uncooperative to law enforcement and hospital staff involved in both episodes…the man’s brother was waiting in a pickup truck at the house. He informed the deputies he and his companion could hear his brother moving about in the house and that his brother had a shotgun in his possession.

Georgia

1. A 26-year-old male…Probation Violation, and Marijuana Possession.

Illinois

1. The 44-year-old offender, who was a known drug user with prior mental disorders.

2. The 37-year-old suspect, who had prior convictions for violent crimes, drugs, and weapons violations.

3. The 41-year-old offender, who had a prior criminal record that included violent crime and weapons violations.

Kentucky

1. The 17-year-old assailant, who had a prior criminal record

Louisiana

1. The 41-year-old suspect, who had a long list of prior offenses, including murder.

2. The 44-year-old suspect, who had a prior criminal record including violent crime.

Maryland

1. Vehiclular Homicide - The driver…struck the victim sergeant, and dragged him over 200 feet before fleeing the scene.

Michigan

1. 16-year-old assailant, who had a prior criminal record and was on conditional release at the time of the incident.

Missouri

1. The suspect, who had a prior criminal record that included violent crime.

2. The 41-year-old man, known to the police as a drug dealer and user with prior convictions.

North Carolina

1. The 37-year-old man, who was a known drug user and who had a prior criminal record that included arrests for drugs, police assault, and weapons violations.

2. Domestic dispute between a man and a woman. The woman was still inside the residence with three children, but the man had left the home, possibly armed…Following a 5-day manhunt, the 32-year-old suspect was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Ohio

1. Observed what appeared to be a drug transaction taking place between a man in a vehicle and a man in front of an abandoned house.

2. [Police Officer] was fatally shot while he was attempting to make an arrest…Officers located a 26-year-old suspect, who still had one handcuff on his wrist.

Oregon

1. 32-year-old suspect…The man had a criminal record with prior convictions, probation, and parole. a 57-year-old male was also arrested in connection with the case and charged with six counts of Aggravated Murder, two counts of Attempted Murder, First-Degree Assault, and Possession of Explosive Device.

Pennsylvania

1. The 34-year-old offender, who had a prior criminal record for violent crime.

2. The 27-year-old offender was wanted at the time of the incident for aggravated assault and parole violation, and he had an extensive criminal record of violent crime, police assault, and weapons violations.

3. The 40-year-old woman was arrested and charged with Murder of a Federal Agent, Assault by Use of a Dangerous Weapon, Use of a Firearm in a Crime of Violence, Aiding the Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon, Drug Conspiracy, Possession with Intent to Deliver More than 50 Grams of Cocaine Base, Possession with Intent to Deliver Cocaine, and Possession of a Firearm While Using Unlawful Controlled Substances. She was known to use, deal, and possess drugs, and she was under the influence of narcotics at the time of the incident.

South Carolina

1. Burglary in progress - The burglars fled the area before additional deputies arrived. In the ensuing investigation, officers arrested two suspects on September 5. The first suspect, a 19-year-old male with a prior criminal history, was charged with Murder, 4 counts of First-Degree Burglary, and 1 count of Second-Degree Burglary. The second suspect, an 18-year-old male who was on probation at the time of the incident, was also charged with Murder, 3 counts of First-Degree Burglary, and Second-Degree Burglary.
2. 41-year-old…had prior convictions for violent crime, was under the influence of narcotics and was on conditional release at the time of the incident.

Tennessee

1. While serving an individual with a warrant for a misdemeanor violation of probation….The suspect was on probation at the time of the incident and had prior convictions for drugs.

Texas

1. While handling a prisoner…The individual was able to open the sliding partition between the front and rear seats and retrieve the corporal’s backup weapon, a .40-caliber semiautomatic handgun, from the front seat.

2. The 28-year-old suspect, who had a long criminal history including arrests for police assault, violent crime, and drugs.

3. The 37-year-old suspect had an extensive list of prior convictions and was on parole. He was also known to use and possess drugs and was under the influence of narcotics.

Virginia

1. In the serving of a search warrant at the home of a suspect…28-year-old man who had a prior criminal record involving drugs.

2. Felony traffic stop - a citizen reported that her former companion had been in the stairwell of her apartment building with a gun… An alert was issued and his vehicle was located in a nearby shopping center. When police approached, the man fled in his vehicle and headed directly to the apartment complex where the complainant lived.

3. Undercover narcotics sting - 23-year-old male who was under supervision/conditional release.

Washington

1. 28-year-old assailant, who had a previous criminal history that included violent crime and drug violations.

2. While investigating a suspicious person…The dispatcher advised the officer that the man was a convicted felon, had a temporary protection order and a no contact order placed against him, and that he was on parole…The deputies shot and killed the 36-year-old suspect. Further investigation revealed that the suspect had also killed a second victim, a recently retired correctional officer who was shot to death and whose vehicle was found at the store where deputies had killed the suspect.

Note: One officer killing was not in the original report and this profile summary reflects the killers not the number of officers killed.

By Anthony Bouchard
Originally posted on examiner.com

Thumbs up to Senator Cale Case, he has introduced legislation to fix the conceal-carry blunder from earlier this year. SF 26 - Eligibility concealed weapons permit, will fix what Freuedenthal’s appointee decided was a problem.

Ultimately, WyGO / Wyoming Gun Owners supports legislation that lets anyone with a permit from any state carry in Wyoming. If an individual has a concealed carry permit from their own state, no matter what we interpret from their state law, who are we to say they cannot carry in Wyoming? Even if that state doesn’t reciprocate, we must lead by example.

Also, can we say we should be able to carry anywhere in the country only to restrict others visiting here? Certainly not.

While I believe we should be taking a harder stance, Senator Case is taking a good run in the right direction and we fully support the passing of this legislation in its current form.

In addition we will be watching closely for legislators that recommend changes to this legislation, and we will EXPOSE those with intentions to alter or move this legislation away from our position.

Contact your legislators and ask them to support SF 26 “Eligibility concealed weapons permit”, in its entirety.

To review introduced legislation – Senate File 26 “Eligibility concealed weapons permit” Click Here

By Anthony Bouchard
The headline should read “Gun owners beware of formers U.S Attorneys”. But it’s best that you decide…

In 2004, The Sovereign State of Wyoming enacted legislation that established a procedure to expunge misdemeanor convictions “for the purposes of restoring any firearm rights lost”.

This was specifically to aid Wyoming citizens in restoring gun rights if they had a misdemeanor such as domestic violence on their record. The NRA backed Lautenberg legislation bans gun ownership and use of guns or ammunition by individuals convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence. Wyoming legislators recognized there was nothing to protect individuals that were erroneously convicted.

The unfairness of the amendment was that it applied retroactively. So anyone who took a “plea” and accepted and agreed upon sentence suddenly had a large penalty added to their bargain, they lost their gun rights retroactively.

Another unintended consequence of the Lautenberg Amendment was that Police and Correctional Officers across the country were terminated for misdemeanor domestic violence that might have happened several years prior. Of course many of the Peace Officers found ways to expunge their records.

The Wyoming legislation would have given citizens a process to remove such a misdemeanor from their record so they could legally purchase and own firearms or just go hunting.

That brings us to the feds fighting back in Wyoming V. United States of America BATF and Matt Mead was on the side of the “Gun Grabbers” and as the U.S. Attorney welcomed a brief filed by the Brady Campaign. Obviously former U.S. Attorney Mead puts more stock in the Brady Campaign than in the people of Wyoming.

Wyoming argued that ”an expungement granted pursuant to this section shall only be used for the purposes of restoring firearm rights that have been lost to persons convicted of misdemeanors. Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the enhancement of penalties for second or subsequent convictions of misdemeanors under the laws of this state”.

However Matt Mead, a Jackson Hole native has historically fought on the side of the “gun control crowd” and he has used firearms for a conviction even when the search warrant stated nothing about firearms.

The Wyoming GOP Platform on the “Second Amendment” states, “Supports our rights as stated in the U.S. and Wyoming Constitution as the fundamental guarantees of free speech, to keep and bear arms, private property rights and protection from an oppressive government”.

However Mead stated this about his own platform, -Mead also said he believes in the principles of the state GOP’s platform, but that does not mean he will literally agree with every word of it. “We should commit to the spirit of it“.

Mead has an appealing video on his website but it lacks any substance and speaks about working as a prosecutor and that brings to the bitter taste of trusting these “special attorneys” with gun rights. Laramie County Prosecutor Scott A. Homar also ran on the GOP platform but failed to hold up the Second Amendment when he went after the victim instead of thugs.

Gun owners need more than a “commitment to the of the spirit” of the Bill of Rights and the Sovereign State of Wyoming doesn’t need another U.S. Attorney like Dave Freudenthal to be the governor.

To review the Gun Owners of America Amicus brief
The Brady Campaign Amicus brief
Former NRA Director Exposes Gun Control Schemes

Executive Director of WyGO is now writing on examiner.com as the Cheyenne Gun Rights Examiner.

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