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I've been trying to spread the word far and near about this Tuesday's election for the Wisconsin state supreme court.

Justice Louis Butler was appointed by anti-gun Governor Jim Doyle in 2004 to replace conservative Justice Dianne Sykes, who had been appointed to a federal court by President Bush.

It's no accident that Doyle hand-picked Butler because they share many common views. What is astounding to me is that gun owners on gun-related forums all over the internet are telling me that just because Butler was appointed by Doyle doesn't mean that Butler is anti-gun.

It's time to break out the cluebats. Butler is every bit the screaming liberal that Doyle is.

Don't believe me? Consider this: Butler was in the minority in a case involving a lawsuit against paint manufacturers brought by the parents of a young boy said to have suffered brain damage from ingesting lead paint.

The parents were suing the paint companies. Not the paint company that made the lead 40 or 50 or 70 years ago. No, the parents were suing every paint manufacturer that ever made lead-based paint because nobody knew which brand of paint the kid ate!

The lawsuit was struck down by the supreme court, but Justice Butler was in the minority, and sided with the parents.

What does this have to do with guns? How about all of the lawsuits we've seen where the plaintiffs sue all gun manufacturers because the brand of gun involved wasn't known?

If Butler can decide that every paint manufacturer is liable for damages, even if the manufacter's product wasn't even involved, he can certainly be persuaded to decide that all gun manufacturers are liable for criminal use of all guns.

Think about that when you pull the voting lever.

Dick Baker
Founder, Board member
Wisconsin Concealed Carry Association
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