Irresponsible gun owner Rep. Joel Kleefisch wants armed kids to hunt at any age. What could go wrong?

Just how many bills have been written by Republican legislators to inject guns into every nook and cranny of our lives, and how many jobs have they created? There's an unhealthy preoccupation with irresponsible gun related solutions coming out of Madison.

I've pretty much given up hope Republican voters would come to their senses, finally saying enough is enough, let's act like adults. Not even ending the minimum hunting age has set off alarm bells for right wing true believers basking in the glow of total party dominance.

GOP bill would end Wisconsin's minimum hunting age

Seriously, how confident are you your neighbor will always make the right decision when it comes to your safety? Are "responsible" gun owners always responsible decision makers? The answer must be yes, according to the numskulls pushing this insanity:

Bagged another dog!

The measure's supporters say parents should have the power to decide whether their child is ready to hunt. Opponents counter that young children aren't physically or mentally ready to wield long guns and could hurt themselves or others.

"Can that 1-day-old to 9-year-old differentiate between shoot (or) don't shoot?" Joseph Lacenski, president of the Wisconsin Hunter Education Instruction Association, said in remarks submitted to the Assembly natural resources committee. "Can they differentiate between what is killing vs. hunting? Can they rationalize the difference between video games they have been playing and the consequences of the real world?"

What's wrong with the current system?

Right now, children as young as 10 can hunt in Wisconsin without passing a safety course if they're accompanied by a mentor. The mentor must remain within arm's length of the student, and they can have only one weapon between them.

It doesn't take a genius to instinctively feel uneasy with the following...:

Under Rep. Joel Kleefisch's bill (AB411), anyone of any age could hunt without safety training alongside a mentor, and the mentor could carry his or her own weapon. The measure also will resolve conflicts for mentors who want to hunt themselves but don't have much time to spend in the woods by allowing them to teach and hunt simultaneously, he said.

So much for training, right? Hunting instructors don't agree:

Others contend that allowing mentors to hunt while teaching would diminish students' experiences because their teachers would be more focused on their own success. The instructor association warned the committee that a mentor could purchase a license for a newborn and then use it along with his own to kill two deer for himself.

Of course no one would ever game the system or break the law because they are, after all, “responsible gun owners:”

Kleefisch said mentors are honorable. "If selfishness was the motivation of the mentor, he or she would simply hunt by themselves."

Kids are bringing guns to school because they're everywhere now. Isn't it time we stop expelling honorable armed students too Joel? 

Most Immature GOP Manly Man craze....

This was so ridiculous....

Kleefisch takes Scattershot aim at everything, including what it is to be a responsible gun owner.

Well, well, well, another "responsible" gun owner is caught not being responsible?

Rep. Joel Kleefisch (R-Oconomowoc) said he's been cited for killing two turkeys with one shot.

Yup, that's Lt. Governors Rebecca Kleefisch's hubby Joel, our very own Duck Dynasty gun totin' Republican representative. Nothing more admirable than a responsible gun owner taking responsibility for not being responsible. Hey, he didn't mean to shoot two:

Kleefisch said … he killed the tom as well as a nearby jake with pellets from the same shot … he didn't mean to shoot the jake. He was told he would be cited since he was warned several years ago about being sure of his target when he dropped three geese with one shot.

Yea, he was warned a few times already, and still broke the law. 

There's irony in Kleefisch's actions. He's the one who keep making irresponsible gun behavior responsible with laws that boggle the mind. Remember Rep. Joel Kleefisch says Parents will love having strangers with guns in their kids schools. It will be safer...., Rep. Joel Kleefisch intentionally wants cross bow hunting near schools and hospitals. He's got a bill to prove it, Kleefisch Bow Hunting near Schools bill renamed Deer Collision Reduction Act. Stop Laughing...., and my favorite 

Panicky GOP Hunters want to give kids guns to keep tradition alive; here's Joel's reasoning:

Under the measure children under 10 years old would be able to hunt next year … (which he) said studies show lifting the current age requirement for mentored hunting won't lead to more hunting accidents … it's needed to keep the state's hunting tradition alive. The number of new hunters taking up the sport has been declining in recent years.

Kids with guns, is just another dumb law to make irresponsible gun behavior completely legal. Why do you think Republicans want to allow firearms in and around schools? They want to make forgetful irresponsible gun owners responsible law abiding citizens again, the easy way.

My "responsible" conservative friend in Milwaukee continues to unintentionally carry his concealed gun into "No Gun" zones, dismissing it as no big deal, he just wasn't paying attention to the signs.

The comments following the article get it.... 

-These are the same republican legislators the promote concealed carry permit holders having gun battles in crowded shopping malls. I am sure Kleefisch has his hunter safety permit which is all you need in WI to get a CC permit. One of the things they teach in hunter safety is to make sure of your target and what is behind and around it. His hunting privileges should be taken away for three years for this infraction.

-He is at best nothing more than a reckless dope that is carrying a gun. This guy should not be in the legislature making laws, when he is consistently breaking them himself. Time to throw this embarrassment of a legislator out in the next election.

-Kleefizch = the idiot who thought hunting in a Milwaukee county park was OK.

-Now we know why Republicans support lax and ineffective gun laws. They can't even follow basic safety rules. This behavior makes all lawful Hunter's look bad. He's spoiling the sport for the rest of us.

Panicky GOP Hunters want to give kids guns to keep tradition alive....worst reason ever.

So, 40 other states allow kids of any age to carry and fire guns. Well, then, let’s jump off the cliff with them. It doesn’t just seem like a bad idea, it is a bad idea based on the irrational fear we’re losing too many young future hunters to…what, supermarkets.

WPR: Under the measure sponsored by Rep. Joel Kleefisch of Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, children under 10 years old would be able to hunt next year … (which he) said studies show lifting the current age requirement for mentored hunting won't lead to more hunting accidents … it's needed to keep the state's hunting tradition alive. The number of new hunters taking up the sport has been declining in recent years.

Opposite day every day in Republican World: Here’s another fine example that “makes sense:”

Kleefisch said it makes sense to remove the age limit to encourage families to get children excited about becoming hunters early in life.

Then there are the adults in the state who I hope someday will in charge again before it's too late, if it isn't already:

The bill faces opposition from some hunting instructors who say the current age restriction is similar to those for voting, driving and drinking and should not be changed … said hunting instructor Paul Piencikowski of Waupaca: 

"Kids are always welcome to go with their parents without hunting. There is an age of passage … whether we attach it to driving, whether we attach it to voting, whether we attach it to drinking. Why would we want to eliminate that from the aspect of hunting that children can actually look forward to?"

Lawmaker's backhanded comment about Law Enforcement opens Criminal Justice Meeting....

Small government is one thing, but the childish lawlessness of reckless politicians is another....

Kleefisch Crossbow Madness another Lazy Conservative Shortcut to Kill Deer, shorten Season?

The Walker Authority's deer and hunting policy is in shambles, and isn't getting the kind of press it should. 

With another lousy hunting season behind us (15% decline in harvest), a broken Walker promise to put more deer in the forests, deer herds dwindling, ridiculous public input on deer counts, expanded hunting in state parks, doing away with reporting deer kills at local bars/convenience stores/DNR stations, a White-Tailed Deer Trustee Dr. James Kroll who says people who call for more public hunting opportunities are “pining for socialism,” promote hunting via the fake Koch brothers "United Sportsman" group, and the expansion of private hunting permits that may exacerbate the low deer counts, we've now got to worry about the effects of crossbow hunting mania.

Are bow hunters looking at the expanded crossbow hunting law as another misstep that could have negative unintended consequences? Could be. 

Typically shortsighted Republican Rep. Joel Kleefisch pushed through his lazy crossbow law without any attempt to think things through. Even worse, crossbow hunters got an exemption "from a state law that prohibits hunting within 1,700 feet of a school or hospital." To sell his idea, Kleefisch renamed his crossbow hunting "Assembly Bill 8" to the "Deer Collision Reduction Act." Now I feel better about it.

   

Check out the following hunters point of view regarding crossbow hunting. WPR: 

Bill Herrmann of Chippewa Falls, who has been bow hunting for 50 years, said that the accuracy of crossbows gives them a huge advantage over traditional bows, and that he expects high deer kills to eventually lead to shorter crossbow seasons.

Herrmann also said he doesn’t expect many bowhunters to switch over to crossbows just because they’re now able to. “The people that are in archery are dedicated archers. They’re not going to be using crossbows,” Herrmann said. “The people that are going to be using crossbows are the people who don’t want to put in the time and effort to learn how to shoot a bow.”

That describes our lazy, freeloading, public dole Republican lawmakers perfectly. After all, whose got all that time to hunt anymore? 

Pay-to-Play campaign funding OK’d by Republicans AG Candidate Brad Schimel

In an amazing pre-election misstep, GOP AG candidate Brad Schimel has decided outright pay-to-play money is now the normal way of doing government business. That’s not good news for those less fortunate voters short on disposable “free speech” cash.

He really said that:

jsonline-Dan Bice: Waukesha County District Attorney Brad Schimel has brushed aside a request to investigate state Rep. Joel Kleefisch for introducing a bill that could have cut the child support paid by a major Republican donor.

"Why can't a legislator press for legislation that benefits a person who has contributed to their campaign?" Schimel asked in an email to the liberal group One Wisconsin Now. "Isn't that the essence of representative government?"

This all stems from a hideous attempt by a cheap millionaire to cap calculations for child support on the first $150,000. And Kleefisch's reaction to the public outrage was quite revealing:

Kleefisch spiked the bill shortly after the news stories ran in January.

Scot Ross, head of One Wisconsin Now, criticized Schimel's comments in the email. "Brad Schimel has come right out and said it," Ross said. "He has no problem with economic elites buying influence and politicians selling it in the state of Wisconsin."

This final word from Kleefisch should end any speculation of wrong doing. This piece of work will actually bring his mean spirited law back:

Kleefisch said Wednesday there was nothing to investigate. "Sometimes the constituents' advice or research lends itself to drafting of legislation." Kleefisch said he intends to reintroduce the bill next session.

Good enough for Schimel.

The Oral Chemo Debate Exposes Vos and Kleefisch as the Ghouls we thought they were.

With the damage done in the assembly, the oral chemo drug bill now moves back to the senate for another vote. After adding an amendment requiring more of a cancer patients "skin in the game," the GOP calls that money, Republicans showed us who they truly were. When you have to go through this kind of hell to get something this simple passed, it's nothing short of scary.

My conservative friend in Milwaukee was noticeably upset when he called me, saying he just got off the phone with the governors office to tell him to line item veto the $100 monthly payment. He's been personally touched by family members who have had cancer, who had to stop working because of the disease. Knowing that, he knew patients didn't have the money to pay even $100. I never saw him this pissed off.

Having always been interested in understanding how conservative minds think, I found Rep. Robin Vos' methodical upside-down logic stunningly detached. The following audio clip also features Representatives Sandy Pasch, Joel Kleefisch, and Brett Hulsey in that order.

Vos used watching his grandparents battle cancer to take a shot at Democrats and the people they saw struggling with the disease. Vos then used the way his grandparents ran their business, balanced their books, made a profit, but still found a way to buy health insurance as sign of strength and character. Sad, other industrialized countries removed that unnecessary heart wrenching burden.

But my blood boils when Vos balanced oral chemo with making it "cost effective." He has the balls to say "the last thing we want is for anybody not to be able to afford insurance...!" Where has he been for the last 30 years?

State Republicans Blast mandate requiring oral chemo drugs, so insurers can save money. Blame the free market if people die.

Republican Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch wants the free market to decide if oral chemo therapy should be included in all Wisconsin insurance policies, the same kind of treatment she received through husband Rep. Joel Kleefisch's government provided health insurance plan.

And she's not alone. While conservatives have criticized government bureaucrats for supposedly getting between a doctor and their patient with rationed care, their beloved free market insurance companies are allowed to ration care to save money.

GOP Rationing Okay: At what is more than a glimpse into what Republican free market health insurance will look like, rationed care is rationalized as a good thing now, because it will save insurers money and get rid of those nasty government mandates. Small government = no mandates/lost lives. From WKOW's Greg Neuwmann:



This denial of coverage is a direct result of Republican opposition to "mandates." Yes, this is how far Republicans will go to prove their purity of purpose! This bizarre story first appeared in Nov. 2011, when Rebecca Kleefisch stated point blank that residents of Wisconsin should be treated differently than someone married to a state legislator.  She's "hoping" more insurance companies will cover the drug. Oh, and you'll love the insurance industry rep justifying the cost savings and threatening higher premiums if there's a mandate:



The elitist attitude shines through in the Kleefisch comments below:

Yesterdays poll results

Keefisch: "We obviously want to encourage free enterprise and free markets, but on the other hand, Oral chemotherapy is something that is up and coming in the medical world, and we're hoping, obviously that more insurance companies will cover it."

Kleefisch comes at the issue from a personal perspective. His wife, Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, used oral and IV chemo to fight colon cancer in 2010. But he (Rep. Joel Kleefisch) has questions over the cost of an insurance mandate.

"It is my hope and prayer that anybody who would need this type of chemotherapy would be able to receive it, no doubt," said Kleefisch. "That does not eliminate the difficult question for who is going to pay for it." 

Rep. Joel Kleefisch is actually weighing out whether we should save lives or keep costs down. And these guys say Democrats want to ration care?

Large Child Support Payments Spoil Children? Yet Inheritance doesn't?

Conservatism is a jumbled pile of contradictions that seems to satisfy the need of the moment.

1. On rich guy Michael Eisenga's attempt to pay lower child support:

“Eisenga continues to travel in a chauffeur-driven Rolls Royce.”

2. On the Republicans opposition to the estate tax, because they think a family’s wealth should be passed on to their children…there is one except if you're Eisenga: Kids get what’s left over, when he's done with it.

Flipping the “death tax” logic on its head, now kids shouldn't get all that wealth?

Journal Times: Rep. Tom Larson, R-Colfax, chairman of the Assembly Committee on Family Law, had defended AB 540 (which would) reduce child-support payments for wealthy individuals. “There’s some value in having some hardship with life,” Larson said. “Even if I were a rich person, I probably would struggle a little bit to make sure my kids earned what they get. What’s the purpose of this money going to child support if it’s only going to create a child with maybe less values?”

"Less values" like the kids greedy dad:

“Eisenga continues to travel in a chauffeur-driven Rolls Royce.”

Republican State Rep. Kleefisch drafts law reducing Millionaire's Child Support Obligations.

The Lt. Governors husband, Rep. Joel Kleefisch, just got caught helping a millionaire avoid paying higher child support than he thinks is "fair." Kleefisch; family values supporter or scumbag?

WSJ: A controversial bill that would allow high-income parents to avoid paying tens of thousands of dollars a year in child support was written with the help of a wealthy donor to the bill’s author, Rep. Joel Kleefisch.

The Oconomowoc Republican acknowledged Friday that Michael Eisenga, a multimillionaire business owner, and his attorney helped write the bill, which could pave the way for Eisenga to force the court to reopen his divorce settlement. Rep. Joel Kleefisch insisted in an interview that the measure, Assembly Bill 540, would not affect Eisenga’s case.

He was lying. Nice quality for an elected official. Now it does help the millionaire. What do you know. This bill couldn't get any uglier, could it?

The bill would require judges to lower child-support payments if they are 10 percent or more above the amount that would have been ordered using the new requirement … caps incomes subject to child-support payments at $150,000 a year.

It gets worse:

Kleefisch’s bill also would prohibit judges from taking into account a parent’s assets in determining the level of child support.

Who is this greedy SOB?

Court documents show Eisenga, a Columbus developer, owner of American Lending Solutions and the former mayor of Columbus, was ordered to pay a minimum of $15,000 a month for his three children based on his 2010 income of $1.2 million and assets of $30 million.

$180,000 a year for his kids, while he pockets an easy million? Nice on Rep. Kleefisch, so much for family values and parental responsibility. You would think a father’s love for his kids would include a  chance to see them set up for life?  

The bill drafting records, which include emails, letters and handwritten notes, show Eisenga and his attorney, William Smiley of Portage, made numerous suggestions for changes to the bill aimed at helping Eisenga lower his child-support payments. Among the documents is a Sept. 5, 2013, letter in which Smiley tells Eisenga to request specific modifications to “the portion (of the bill) that would require the court to modify your child support order based solely on the passage of this bill.”

In a Sept. 19 email, Pam Kahler, the Legislative Reference Bureau staffer drafting the bill, warned Moore that making the changes suggested by Eisenga and his lawyer “will potentially open the flood gates because the courts will be required to revise any child support order that was granted before the effective date, since the amount will not have been determined using the new method.”

Kleefisch said he stands by the bill and denies that its primary goal is to benefit Eisenga.

Two attorneys who represent Eisenga’s former wife, noted Eisenga’s extensive campaign contributions to Kleefisch and other Republican politicians. Eisenga donated the maximum amount allowed under law six times to Kleefisch for a total of $3,500. He also gave $7,500 to Kleefisch’s wife, Rebecca, who is the lieutenant governor, and $15,000 to Gov. Scott Walker.

“He (Eisenga) is using his power, influence and wealth to create what would be a horrible law for the people of Wisconsin … This is politics at its worst.”

Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch looks to deny Oral Chemo to Wisconsinites, Treatments She received through Taxpayer Supported Insurance from Hubby Rep. Joel.

Back on September, 2011, I wrote this and post the video:

WKOW: In an even more bizarre moment, someone who actually took the oral version to treat her own cancer, Lt Gov. Kleefisch opposes the mandate, on the premise her ideology dictates a free market solution.

Keefisch: "We obviously want to encourage free enterprise and free markets, but on the other hand, Oral chemotherapy is something that is up and coming in the medical world, and we're hoping, obviously that more insurance companies will cover it."

They're back.....and still not ready to give you and me the same treatments politicians are getting from their taxpayer supported government health care plans. Rep. Joel Kleefisch is actually weighing out whether we should save lives or keep costs down. And these guys say Democrats want to ration care? Just the opposite, again. From Channel3000:

Kleefisch comes at the issue from a personal perspective. His wife, Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, used oral and IV chemo to fight colon cancer in 2010. But he has questions over the cost of an insurance mandate.

"It is my hope and prayer that anybody who would need this type of chemotherapy would be able to receive it, no doubt," said Kleefisch. "That does not eliminate the difficult question for who is going to pay for it."

Crazy Rep. Joel Kleefisch is just another Republican with the uncanny ability to see Voter Fraud.

Rep. Joel Kleefisch is just another example of a citizen legislator showing everyone just how unqualified he is to dabble in lawmaking. While Republicans continue to make the case some people aren’t qualified to vote, they still believe any citizen should be able to hold office. What about citizen legislators who show us over and over again that they have incredibly bad judgment?

Joel Kleefisch is that kind of lawmaker, and he recently wrote this about updating the voter ID bill hung up in the courts:

Everyone without a state ID could manage to obtain a free, state identification card at the DMV.

What could go wrong? Remember when a memo went out ordering DMV officials to not mention or post signs alerting voters they have the option of getting a free ID? Remember? The “ease” of getting a free ID is just so much tricky word play, when the intention is to simply not offer it. That wasn't the only trick either. Back then I wrote:

What prompted the sudden plan to close 10 DMV's? What about those longer DMV hours in a majority of Republican districts? What made Republicans think a 20 hour DMV work week served the greater interest of state voters and drivers? 

So how hard would it be to get a free voter ID? Funny thing, now we know.

“It boggles my mind that anyone can get through the rigors of daily life, like buying cold medication, renting videos, or getting mandatory insurance without an ID.”

A lot of things “boggle” Kleefisch’s mind. Sadly Joel, the last I looked the state constitution doesn't guarantee those "purchasing rights."

Yet the phantom menace of voter fraud is ever present. It's invisibility frustrates Kleefisch:

“Right now in Wisconsin, there is no way to determine if fraud was committed at the polls because we have no system protecting the integrity of elections.”

The conservative editorial board at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel surprised me today when they said scrap the law completely. Check it out here. I thought the comment below pretty much reflects my thinking, where it's really Republican projection:

"It appears republicans see themselves defrauding the system when they push for voter ID. Why else would they be so adamant over a virtually non-existent problem?"

Rep. Joel Kleefisch says Parents will love having strangers with guns in their kids schools. It will be safer....

UPDATE: The amendment below has been scrapped...for now.

What every parent needs to see is a stranger with a loaded gun in their kids school. Ya think?

You’d have to be stone cold crazy, like Rep. Joel Kleefisch, to think something this idiotic is a good idea.

Anyone with a concealed weapons permit could carry a gun onto school grounds in Wisconsin under a proposal being put to a vote Thursday by the Republican chairman of the Assembly Criminal Justice Committee.

Allowing any of the roughly 203,000 people who have a concealed weapon permit to bring a gun to school doesn't have enough votes in the Republican-controlled committee to pass, said its sponsor, Rep. Joel Kleefisch, R-Oconomowoc. The goal, he said, was to start a discussion about school safety. “I’m not sure the citizens of Wisconsin want concealed weapons holders on school grounds,” Kleefisch said.

Let me get this right, Kleefisch assumes no one wants this law, but we should at least start talking about because, who knows, we might get used to the idea? Here's WKOW's Greg Nuemann with the story:

Kleefisch also backed legislation promoting crossbow hunting near schools Democratic Rep. Evan Goyke, a member of the committee (said) “We’ve got to defeat it. It’s a terrible amendment. It is very dangerous and unnecessary. My biggest problem is: How can a school know who is armed and who is unarmed and who is allowed to be armed and who is not allowed to be armed? Good guys and good-intentioned people may sometimes act inconsistent with their intentions.” 

But our kids will be safer with complete strangers with loaded guns in our schools, right?

The goal is to make schools safer, Kleefisch said. Schools need armed people who can fight back if there is an attack, he said.

Kleefisch also backed legislation promoting crossbow hunting near schools. What is it with this guy about weapons and schools?

Kleefisch Bow Hunting near Schools bill renamed Deer Collision Reduction Act. Stop Laughing....

Congratulations Rep. Joel Kleefisch, for giving us the dumbest and most misleading name for a bill yet this year.

Trying to steer attention away from bow hunting next to schools, madman of the Assembly, the disheveled and whacked out husband of our air-headed Lt. Governor, Rebecca Kleefisch, decided car deer collisions might just get somebody's attention and votes.

You can’t make this stuff up:

The Wisconsin State Assembly passed Assembly Bill 8, the Deer Collision Reduction Act,

on a bi-partisan voice vote. 

Bi-partisan? I would like to know what Democrat voted for this lunatic’s attempt to bow hunt near schools.

Representative Joel Kleefisch is the lead author of the Deer Collision Reduction Act, which seeks to curb the number of motor vehicle deer crashes in the state by increasing the opportunities archery enthusiasts will have to hunt deer on their property. “Bow hunting is a safe and effective management tool that can be used to help manage the population and ultimately reduce the instances of motor vehicle collisions.” Kleefisch said.

It’s safe, even near schools. Anyone want to volunteer their kids or school and test this genius' theory?  

After Sandy Hook, what Legislator would suggest hunting near schools? Rep. Joel Kleefisch, that's who.

Crossbow and bow hunting near schools may seem like a really dumb idea to most people, but not to a few known sociopathic conservatives. Not only does it seem unusual to make such a suggest at a time like this, it's especially insensitive to suggest putting kids in danger from errant arrows after all the talk about school safety in the aftermath of Sandy Hook. But that's Joel.

Yes, father, family man and husband to Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch, Rep. Joel Kleefisch is just that friggin crazy. See......

Besides not taking up responsible gun legislation and statewide background checks, our "loony bin" legislator Kleefisch never thought, what could go wrong, by adding strangers with arrows into the mix.

Deer are running rampant!!!!  Kleefisch would like to solve the problem of rambunctious urban dwelling deer. Democratic Rep. Gary Hebl's startled reaction mirrors my own...WKOW:

Rep. Joel Kleefisch intentionally wants cross bow hunting near schools and hospitals. He's got a bill to prove it.

Rep. Joel Kleefisch, the wacky other half of our daffy Lt. Gov. Rebecca, must be kidding. When I heard this story on the news tonight, it didn't sound possible someone would want to encourage hunting near schools and hospitals. Who would think to create a special exemption for crossbows? Sure it might sound like one of those "great ideas," between drinks and taking a tumble down the steps in a drunken stupor, but most people sober up eventually. Crossbow and bow and arrow hunting near schools and hospitals? Brilliant.

Here's the jaw-dropping WKOW story:

Rep. Joel Kleefisch (R-Oconomowoc) is the lead author of an Assembly bill that would exempt crossbows from a state law that prohibits hunting within 1,700 feet of a school or hospital. Under Assembly Bill 8, which Rep. Kleefisch introduced last Friday, the 1,700 feet provision would only apply to people hunting with a firearm, not to crossbow or bow and arrow hunters.

Reached by phone Monday morning, Rep. Kleefisch said the goal of the bill is to make sure more children have access to archery and bow hunting. Rep. Kleefisch said that while bullets from a firearm can travel for miles, the longest range for a bow and arrow or crossbow is 300 to 450 feet.

Rep. Joel Kleefisch isn't kidding; "What about the rights of the women who haven't yet been born?"

Screw the jobs, Republicans dug down deep to prove just how petty they are, by trashing everything they could get their hands on. What happened to the deliberate process of debate and public input?

jsonline: Schools that teach sex education would have to tell students that abstinence is the only reliable way to prevent pregnancy under a bill headed to Gov. Scott Walker … the Assembly approved a bill 61-34 to prohibit the insurance plans to be offered in Wisconsin under the federal health care law from covering some abortions.

Democrats railed against the bill. "I feel like I'm in an episode of 'Mad Men' and we're somehow back in the 1950s," said Rep. Janet Bewley (D-Ashland). "This is a war on women."

Get ready, here’s crazy man Joel Kleefisch’s comment (Joel and Rebecca so alike it's almost incestuous).

Kleefisch (R-Oconomowoc) tried to cast the bill in moral terms. "We heard this is an attack on women, a war on women's rights," he said. "What about the rights of the women who have not yet been born?"

What about the rights of women who are already…women?. Voters, aren’t you embarrassed about your representative yet?