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Turns out some "responsible" gun owners just carry them to intimidate others.
Updated: Schofield man who advocated for open carry jailed, accused of making gun threats
WAUSAU — A Schofield man who wrote a guest column for Daily Herald Media after he was asked to leave a grocery store for openly carrying a pistol in his holster could temporarily lose his concealed carry permit after an arrest on gun-related charges.
Dereck Simonsmeier, 24, is now in Marathon County Jail, one of four people arrested in the 600 block of Turner Street in Wausau after a man was threatened at gunpoint Wednesday. Simonsmeier is being held in the Marathon County Jail pending an initial appearance Friday in Marathon County Circuit Court.
Simonsmeier; Danny Price, 32; Shannon Wheeler, 25; and Amanda Zastrow, 26, were arrested at a Turner Street home after they were called to help with a dispute between roommates, said Capt. Greg Hagenbucher of the Wausau Police Department. The incident began when a woman living in the home asked a man, also living in the home, to leave, Hagenbucher said. When he refused, the woman called friends to help.
Police were called to the home at about 6:30 p.m., according to a Wausau police report. The men were arrested on preliminary charges of endangering safety and Zastrow was arrested on a preliminary charge of being a party to a crime.
Simonsmeier, Price and Wheeler all carried firearms, Hagenbucher said. Police recovered a .40-caliber Glock handgun; a 1300 Winchester 12-gauge shotgun and a Remington 1911 handgun. In his Feb. 9 guest column, Simonsmeier said he was carrying a Remington 1911 “in plain view on my belt” when he was asked to leave Pick ’N Save.
The column attracted national attention from gun-rights activists and sparked a passionate debate among online readers over Wisconsin firearm laws and businesses’ rights to prohibit guns.
No shots were fired Wednesday evening, Hagenbucher said, but the weapons were used to threaten the man. The woman who lived in the home was not arrested, Hagenbucher said, because she told police she didn’t know the men would be bringing firearms.
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Turns out some "responsible" gun owners just carry them to intimidate others.
Updated: Schofield man who advocated for open carry jailed, accused of making gun threats
WAUSAU — A Schofield man who wrote a guest column for Daily Herald Media after he was asked to leave a grocery store for openly carrying a pistol in his holster could temporarily lose his concealed carry permit after an arrest on gun-related charges.
Dereck Simonsmeier, 24, is now in Marathon County Jail, one of four people arrested in the 600 block of Turner Street in Wausau after a man was threatened at gunpoint Wednesday. Simonsmeier is being held in the Marathon County Jail pending an initial appearance Friday in Marathon County Circuit Court.
Simonsmeier; Danny Price, 32; Shannon Wheeler, 25; and Amanda Zastrow, 26, were arrested at a Turner Street home after they were called to help with a dispute between roommates, said Capt. Greg Hagenbucher of the Wausau Police Department. The incident began when a woman living in the home asked a man, also living in the home, to leave, Hagenbucher said. When he refused, the woman called friends to help.
Police were called to the home at about 6:30 p.m., according to a Wausau police report. The men were arrested on preliminary charges of endangering safety and Zastrow was arrested on a preliminary charge of being a party to a crime.
Simonsmeier, Price and Wheeler all carried firearms, Hagenbucher said. Police recovered a .40-caliber Glock handgun; a 1300 Winchester 12-gauge shotgun and a Remington 1911 handgun. In his Feb. 9 guest column, Simonsmeier said he was carrying a Remington 1911 “in plain view on my belt” when he was asked to leave Pick ’N Save.
The column attracted national attention from gun-rights activists and sparked a passionate debate among online readers over Wisconsin firearm laws and businesses’ rights to prohibit guns.
No shots were fired Wednesday evening, Hagenbucher said, but the weapons were used to threaten the man. The woman who lived in the home was not arrested, Hagenbucher said, because she told police she didn’t know the men would be bringing firearms.
http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/ar...-accused-of-making-gun-threats?nclick_check=1
