MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A Milwaukee woman accused of firing a gun says the sheriff said it was OK for her to arm herself.
Police approached 36-year-old Makisha Cooper Saturday about firing a gun. Cooper told police she heard Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke Jr. on the radio "that she could own a gun to protect herself."
Clarke aired a radio ad last week telling Milwaukee-area residents not to count on a rapid police response to 911 calls and instead to take a gun safety course.
Cooper told police she fired a gun once outside a house after getting into a fight with her niece.
In a statement, the sheriff says "there is no parallel" between this case and what he said.
The Journal Sentinel reports Cooper is charged with two misdemeanor counts.
