But Menomonee Falls is such a nice suburban area? You don't need a gun in the suburbs do you????????
When we left I got lost trying to go back west on Washington because of the oneway streets and I think some construction. Now that I think about it we might have been in a lot of danger! Its too bad but I just cant see going back again until Wisc. honors my CC permit. When and if that happens I wont be drinking my three and carrying into the bar but willCC when driving away.
I think if we are gona make a new law, we should demand that "punks" call 911 just before any given crime. This way, if they hurt anyone, the ambulance will be on the way...I think if we just outlaw "punks" the rest of our problems will solve themselves
<edit> just kidding </edit>
geoff
What have they been doing??
It isn't just the "small town governments." It's the general public, and their "it can't happen here" attitude. That is why people/employees complain at some places we carry, and why we have all these FUBAR gun laws in Wisconsin, because in their FEARFUL mind, "there is no need for us to carry." If we really need to carry, then they must admit their little piece of the earth isn't the dreamland utopia they think it is. I would love to have to NEVER CARRY a firearm, but that is NOT the world we live in.
June 18th... Nope, No need for a gun in Milwaukee. Who would need a gun in a candy store?
http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/48293307.html
Shopkeeper, 77, shot dead in northwest side robbery attempt
By Jesse Garza of the Journal Sentinel
Posted: Jun. 17, 2009
Jeffrey Phelps
Milwaukee police investigate the death of a 77-year-old shopkeeper Wednesday in the 8300 block of W. Silver Spring Drive. Witnesses reported seeing a man running south from the store after the shooting.
A 77-year-old shopkeeper who sold candy and other snacks at a store on Milwaukee's northwest side and was known to neighborhood children as "Grandpa" was shot to death during a robbery attempt Wednesday evening.
The shooting was reported at 5:25 p.m. at the Silver Spring Variety Store, 8305 W. Silver Spring Drive, Milwaukee police Deputy Inspector Gregory Thompson said at the scene.
According to Thompson, paramedics found the man with a gunshot wound to the chest. Their attempts to revive him were unsuccessful, and the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
Witnesses reported seeing a man running south from the store after the shooting. Police were searching for the man Wednesday evening, Thompson said.
Marcia Goins, 49, said her mother operates a small business that shares space with the victim's store. Goins' mother, 79, sells Avon products and T-shirts, and the victim sold candy, soda and other items, Goins said.
According to Goins, her mother called her to report that the store owner had been shot.
Goins said her mother saw that the door to the victim's store was ajar and heard a man demanding money. The mother then heard the victim order someone out of his store before she heard gunfire.
A yellow tarp covering the victim's body could be seen on the parking lot in front of the business Wednesday evening.
Goins said that on good days, the victim might sell only about $40 worth of merchandise.
"He was just the kindest old man in the whole world," Goins said. "All he wanted to do was sell candy."
Goins said the victim was retired and operated the store for more than 10 years. He and Goins' mother also sold items at area flea markets, Goins said.
"It's a sad day for the city of Milwaukee for something like this to happen to one of the kindest old men you could know," Goins said.
Farrah Walker, 32, found the store blocked off with yellow police tape when she arrived to buy candy with her two young children less than an hour after the shooting.
"I thought, 'I hope it's not him,' " Walker said.
She said the store was a popular spot for neighborhood children, who often dumped change on the counter before pointing out the items they wanted, and receiving free popcorn, too.
"If you didn't have enough money for what you needed, he'd tell you to catch him the next time," Walker said.
He was patient with young children and respectful toward neighborhood teenagers, who got along with him, Walker said.
"He was, like, the nicest person you could ever know," Walker said. "For him to stay here as long as he did, he was really dedicated to the neighborhood."
While Walker spoke, her 5-year-old daughter hopped up and down, telling her mother she wanted candy.
"We can't get candy anymore, sweetheart," Walker told her daughter. "Grandpa's in heaven now."
Ryan Haggerty of the Journal Sentinel staff contributed to this report.
