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Gun-owners wanting to conceal carry have been asking about the new law, which goes into effect on Nov. 1. We're kicking off a video series about the law. If you have any questions, feel freel to email denise.lockwood@patch.com and we'll get the answers you need.
Here are a few facts and resources:
- The Wisconsin Department of Justice will publish a fact page on Aug. 1.
- Applications for the conceal carry license will be accepted starting Nov. 1.
The new law:
- creates a licensing system under which an individual is permitted to carry a concealed weapon.
- makes changes in Wisconsin law to account for a federal law that requires the state to permit an individual who works as or who formerly worked as a federal, state, tribal, or local law enforcement officer in Wisconsin or in any other state to carry a concealed firearm.
- makes changes to laws regulating firearms and other weapons.
What areas are prohibited areas to conceal carry or even open carry a gun?
Public buildings, this includes jails, police stations, government buildings that screen for weapons, a gun cannot be concealed carry beyond airport security checkpoints.
Also, the bill states:
“A business owner or person in his or her own home may prohibit a licensee from carrying a concealed weapon into the business or home, an employer generally may prohibit an employee from carrying a concealed weapon in the course of the employee's employment, and the state or a local governmental unit may prohibit a licensee from carrying a firearm into a building that is owned, occupied, or controlled by the state or the local governmental unit.”
http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/gang-29745-white-rise.html "Recent flash mob violence has alerted Americans to a troubling wave of sadistic racial mayhem. A notable outbreak occurred in Denver in 2009, setting a pattern of delay, denial, and silence. Now that same scourge has returned to Denver, among many other places. In 2009, a four month wave of mayhem broke out in Denver. There were at least 26 violent robberies committed by two black gangs. The victims were -- without exception -- whites and Hispanics." http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/08/the_racial_violence_that_dare_not_speak_its_name.html Denver is an increasingly diverse city with a wide variety of people migrating there for jobs in the now gone building boom. Go to the Wal-Mart never Colfax and Wadsworth in Denver and you will be definately be one of a very small minority of Whites in the store. Spanish will be the dominant language you hear. It's an interesting experience to below. Gangs have always been part of the immigrant, poor and minority cultures in American. Irish and Italian gangs have been around since for decades. Perhaps Patriot should look at this as Americans being violent against Americans. Black violence was easier to supress when lynching was a popular form of White man recreation.
Wait a minute...did Suzi Link comment on this? If not, disregard my comment because I only comment on things she comments on. Serious! BTW, love the nicknames on this...
Of most of the Pilgrims and Puritans and Quakers escape persecution in Europe of come to American and setup their own brand of persecution which ultimately led to the 700 Club and the fuzzy-mind Pat Robertson telling people it's ok to dump their Alzheimer's disease suffering spouses. Of course, then there was those pesky American Indians who those fleers of European persecution and oppression who religiously practiced genocide on the Indians to free up space for future golf courses and shopping malls. Yes! What a courageous legacy they have provided!
Will this documentation still qualify for DOJ authorization, do you think?
I may or may not carry when it becomes legal and it's not because I fear someones color, it's because I fear those that feel they have the right to take by force that which I have worked so hard my whole life for (including mine or my families life). Drop color from this discussion and see where it goes.
For that matter, how many folks actually end up packing a gun after the passage of such a law? I mean, it's not like the government is handing out free guns and insisting everyone be armed as a part of the law. I'm no big fan of guns, but I don't for a minute believe they're not already out there being carried by folks who have little disregard for not only the law, but human life as a whole. I also don't believe we're automatically going to be turning into the Wild West as a result of this law, if we're the last state to pass it and it hasn't happened (to my knowledge) in any other state prior to this.