The Wisconsin Department of Justice has revamped its website to make it more user friendly.
Wisconsin’s top cop says the Connecticut school shootings may have been unpreventable.
The question surfaces each time a mass murder unfolds: Will this one change the political calculus in Washington against tougher gun control?
The next big issue in the national debate over guns — whether people have a right to be armed in public — is moving closer to Supreme Court review.
An Illinois law prohibiting individuals from carrying loaded guns outside the home violates the Second Amendment right to bear arms, the 7th Circuit has ruled in reversing judgment.
The state Justice Department is preparing to enact a second round of emergency rules enabling the agency to issue concealed carry permits.
Wisconsin lawmakers voted Thursday to extend temporary guidelines for the issuing of concealed weapons permits until mid-December.
A state appeals court says Winnebago County’s judges can bar prosecutors from carrying concealed weapons in courtrooms.
Wisconsin’s new concealed-carry law, while heralded by many gun-rights advocates, has created some confusion for employers and property owners.
The Legislature’s rules committee voted Thursday to extend through mid-October temporary regulations that enacted Wisconsin’s concealed carry law.
Concealed carry applicants in Wisconsin would need instruction in the use of deadly force and how to avoid violent situations under new rules the state Justice Department has proposed.
The state Supreme Court won’t help a prosecutor carry a concealed weapon in the courtrooms.
Winnebago County judges say they are prohibiting guns in their courtrooms to ensure everyone has a safe environment in which to settle a dispute.
The Winnebago County district attorney plans to file a petition with the state Supreme Court on Monday asking that he be allowed to carry his gun in the county courthouse.
Local governments can ban concealed weapons at all manner of polling sites, from city halls to assisted living facilities, state election officials have concluded.
Republicans in the state Senate don’t plan to vote on a bill doing away with minimum concealed carry training requirements.
An anti-domestic violence group is urging the state’s Supreme Court justices to curtail concealed weapons in courthouses.
A federal court has ordered the city of Madison to pay members of a gun-rights group $10,000 to settle a lawsuit.
Tuesday marks a great leap forward for human rights in Wisconsin: people can finally carry a concealed handgun without fear of criminal prosecution.
So, what do you think of the Legislature’s plans regarding concealed carry in the state Capitol?
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin’s Supreme Court justices plan to discuss polices on concealed weapons in their state Capitol chambers next month. The state’s new concealed carry law goes into effect Tuesday. The statutes generally prohibit the public from bringing hidden weapons into courthouses, but allow judges and prosecutors to go armed. Gov. Scott Walker’s [...]
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen formally defended Wisconsin’s new concealed weapons rules Thursday against complaints from the National Rifle Association that the regulations are too draconian, saying the state Justice Department was well within its authority and helped clarify the law. Van Hollen, a Republican, has [...]
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Gov. Scott Walker on Friday reluctantly approved temporary rules that would allow Wisconsin’s new concealed carry law to take effect next month, bucking complaints from the National Rifle Association that the regulations are too strict. The state Justice Department has been scrambling to craft administrative [...]
Over objections of the National Rifle Association and some Republican lawmakers, anyone wishing to carry a concealed weapon in Wisconsin would have to undergo four hours of training even though the law does not require that.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen says he doesn’t have a problem with people carrying concealed weapons in the state Capitol. A new law allowing Wisconsin residents to carry concealed weapons goes into effect Nov. 1. The state Department of Administration is still crafting a policy on whether people can carry [...]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen is defending the state Justice Department’s concealed carry regulations. The Justice Department is drafting rules to enact a new law that allows Wisconsin residents to carry concealed weapons. The National Rifle Association sent Van Hollen a letter Wednesday accusing the DOJ of going beyond the law’s [...]
It might have made for great reality TV, but we doubt it would have resulted in better legal decisions.
A proposal by Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson to open case deliberations to the public recently died a quick death after it got a chilly reception from the four conservative justices on the high court.
Wisconsin’s legalization of carrying concealed weapons could lead to more businesses pulling the trigger on commercial leases.
ROTHSCHILD, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin has become the 49th state to legalize the carrying of concealed weapons. Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill Friday afternoon removing the state’s ban. Except for a few minor aspects, the bulk of the law goes into effect in November. Gun supporters say legalizing concealed carry in Wisconsin has been [...]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker plans to sign a bill allowing Wisconsin residents to carry concealed weapons next week. Walker spokesman Cullen Werwie says Walker will sign the measure at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, July 8, at the Grand Lodge Hotel in Wausau. The bill allows people who obtain a permit and go [...]
