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Senate to debate concealed-carry bill Tuesday
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin state Senate plans to debate a bill Tuesday that will legalize the carrying of concealed weapons. Wisconsin and Illinois are the only states that currently do not allow for carrying concealed weapons. The bill would require a person who wants to carry a hidden gun to first get a […]
Panel approves training, permits for concealed-carry bill (UPDATE)
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — People looking to carry concealed guns in Wisconsin would need a license and proof they can handle a firearm under revisions made Thursday to a bill to lift the state’s ban on hidden weapons. The changes the Legislature’s budget committee approved would require applicants to pay […]
Lawmakers to ponder training in weapons bill
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Legislature’s budget committee is set to consider adding mandatory permits and training requirements to a bill that would lift Wisconsin’s ban on concealed weapons. Republicans have been considering several bills that would allow concealed carry. The leading version in the state Assembly would require permits. A Senate version would make […]
Walker: Concealed carry needs permit, training
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Gov. Scott Walker says any concealed carry bill that emerges from the Legislature should require permits and training provisions. Republican lawmakers are considering two bills that would allow state residents to carry concealed weapons. One would require a permit but no training. The other lays out no prerequisites whatsoever, a […]
Committee set to vote on concealed carry bill
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A panel of state lawmakers is expected to give preliminary approval to a bill that would allow concealed weapons in Wisconsin. Two concealed carry bills are floating around the Legislature. One measure would require a permit. The other requires nothing. The Senate judiciary committee is scheduled to vote on the version […]
Gun advocates lay out case for concealed carry (UPDATE)
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The time has finally come to let Wisconsin citizens to carry concealed weapons, gun advocates told state lawmakers Thursday. Wisconsin and Illinois are the only states that prohibit concealed weapons. Republican legislators have been trying for a more than a decade to lift the restrictions, but […]
Bills would legalize concealed carry in Wisconsin (UPDATE)
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Carrying concealed weapons in Wisconsin would be legalized under Republican-backed bills unveiled Wednesday. Wisconsin and Illinois are the only states that currently don’t allow the carrying of concealed weapons, but lawmakers in both states are pushing measures this year that would allow them to join with […]
Judge affirms robbery victim’s gun rights
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee County judge has ruled the state’s concealed carry statute unconstitutional as applied to a man who had an unloaded, encased gun under a car seat after he had been robbed. Circuit Judge J.D. Watts said 28-year-old Jeremy Pinnow of Cascade had few other options for exercising his right to bear […]
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