Armed Robbery

Here's another example of the need for "concealed carry":

Robbers threaten Lomira store clerk with gun Dodge County authorities have no leads in search By Sharon Roznik The Reporter sroznik@fdlreporter.com LOMIRA -— Dodge County authorities said Monday they have no leads in their search for two men who robbed a Lomira convenience store. Authorities said both men are black, one of them large and the other small. In the robbery, one of the men pointed a gun in the clerk's face. The armed robbery took place early Friday, said Dodge County Sheriff's Department Chief Deputy Blaine Lauersdorf. A surveillance camera at Kountry Korners, W673 Highway 67, captures on tape the terror in the face of the lone woman employee on duty when the men entered the store around 4:20 a.m. The gun-toting man wearing a ski mask is described as 6-feet, 1-inch tall and weighing 250 to 290 pounds. He was wearing a white T-shirt, Lauersdorf said. The second suspect appears to be between 5-feet, 5-inches to 5-feet, 10-inches tall and weighing between 140 and 170 pounds. He was wearing a gray shirt. "The larger guy had a very distinctive physique," Lauersdorf said. The clerk did the right thing by handing over the money, he said. "She was alone in the store and, as anyone would have been, was extremely frightened," Lauersdorf said. After taking a small amount of cash, some cigarettes and the wireless store phone, the duo fled northeast from the scene, escaping over a berm, Lauersdorf said. "We believe they probably had a motor vehicle parked in the area," Lauersdorf said. The clerk was forced to call 911 using a pay phone. Anyone with information on the armed robbery is asked to call the Dodge County Sheriff's Department tip line at 1-800-78CRIME.

As a sheriff's deputy told me Sunday at the fair, if a criminal doesn't know who has a gun, and who doesn't, they are less likely to commit a crime against another person. To me, that's just plain common sense. Although, common sense seems to be lacking in the Governor's office, since Doyle vetoed the Concealed Carry bill 3 times. Or was it twice? He's vetoed so many "common sense" bills, I can't even remember anymore.