CCRKBA Condemns Attack on Milwaukee Mayor; Incident Shows Need for CCW Law

BELLEVUE, Wash., Aug. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The brutal attack on
Milwaukee, WI Mayor Tom Barrett Saturday night near the Wisconsin State
Fairgrounds shows the need for a state concealed carry statute, which the
mayor opposed, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said
today.

Barrett was beaten by a 20-year-old man wielding a metal pipe when the mayor
intervened in what was described as some type of domestic dispute. The
suspect, who was arrested Sunday, was in a confrontation with an older woman,
apparently the mother of his ex-girlfriend.

"We applaud Mayor Barrett's heroism, and hope for his speedy recovery," said
CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. "However, this incident clearly demonstrates
how swiftly a violent and possibly deadly attack can occur and we encourage
state lawmakers to take a lesson from what happened. No Wisconsin citizen
should face the same kind of brutality for doing the right thing."

Mayor Barrett did not have a security detail, as he was attending the fair
with members of his family. Gottlieb said lack of a security officer is
irrelevant.

"Average citizens don't travel with a security detail," he observed. "In a
similar situation, any other Wisconsin citizen is on his or her own. A metal
pipe can be a deadly weapon, and we are glad Mayor Barrett, with whom we
vigorously disagree on the subject of concealed carry, was not injured more
seriously.

"Many Wisconsin residents," Gottlieb added, "have strongly supported a
sensible concealed carry bill. Such a law would provide a self-protection
option for private citizens, including grandmothers who do not have the good
fortune to have a mayor come to their assistance.

"The solution to this situation is not to make sure Mayor Barrett always has
the luxury of a security detail," Gottlieb concluded, "but to provide every
Wisconsin citizen with the tools for personal protection."

With more than 650,000 members and supporters nationwide, the Citizens
Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (www.ccrkba.org) is one of the
nation's premier gun rights organizations. As a non-profit organization, the
Citizens Committee is dedicated to preserving firearms freedoms through active
lobbying of elected officials and facilitating grassroots organization of gun
rights activists in local communities throughout the United States.

SOURCE Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms

Alan Gottlieb of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms,
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