I was surprised to see that the Democrats chose Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn to champion their cause at today's gun control hearings in Washington. I'm generally in favor of gun rights, and oppose most gun control. But I also think the gun rights movement can get overheated and paranoid with its rhetoric.
That said, of all the people gun control advocates could have asked to testify today, Flynn was a really poor choice. It certainly won't do much to assuage fears among gun owners that Democrats and the White House are about to wage war on them. A few years ago, Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen affirmed that Wisconsin residents were legally permitted to openly carry in public. Here's how Flynn responded:
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