It is to easy to misquote or not wanting to know, when the past law is easy to remember or inforce.

http://legis.wisconsin.gov/senate/gallow...
This is the new conceal carry law for Wisconsin.

fly_on_the_wall and bigsmurf, I have found the conceal carry law, and it states that it is ok to carry 1000 feet from a school and it's grounds. If you want, I can send it to your in box.

It's about time we have concealed carry in Wisconsin. We all have a right to defend ourselves.

Why do we need a permit for a constitutional right?

no fly it is not a mistake :(

If this is such a good law....and "NEEDED".....why does any place need to be exempt?

When's the last time you needed a concealed handgun for protection?

hhahahahahahahahahahhhahaha ok duh this was a smart move by that governor you all voted in.dont want to hear any complaining when people get shot over being rude.

I wonder how much the owner of the Grand Lodge Hotel in Wausau contributed to Walker's campaign. What will it cost the taxpayers to fly his sorry butt up there? I imagine the Fitzbullies will be busy all weekend sharpening crayons for the signing.

PanamaRed, it is logical that allowing loaded concealed or openly carried weapons to be carried by the general public will not increase the risk of unnecessary violence. Currently in Wisconsin, only a few law enforcement people are legally carrying concealed. Everyone else carrying concealed is doing so illegally, i.e. the criminals. Criminals in Wisconsin and Illinois know they vastly outnumber the plainclothes and off-duty cops carrying concealed and if they don't see a uniform, there most likely isn't a law-abiding person in view who will have a concealed gun and the will to use it to defend themselves or other innocent people if the criminal decides to commit a crime of violence.

The criminal element that is violence-prone will be less likely to attack a stranger in a concealed carry law state because that stranger, or someone with them, or a nearby good Samaritan might intercede with a legal firearm, as the concealed carry law has allowed them to be prepared to do. Thus the risk of unnecessary violence will decrease.

What is illogical is the anti-gun claim that disarming or restricting the firearm possession of law-abiding citizens will inhibit or restrict the criminal element from committing acts of violence. It appears to be an extension of the liberal "let's click our heels together and say 'There's no guns like (at) home...'" wish three times, hoping it will magically make all the guns in the world disappear.

I grew up in Janesville but have since moved to Utah where I can carry open or concealed into bars (can drink but can't be drunk - 0.08% BAC), schools including into the classroom, and into everywhere that is not Federally restricted or a Court, including Federal and State Parks. This law has been in effect for many years and more and more people in UT and in the rest of the USA are getting Utah Concealed Firearm Permits.

There have been no shootouts at the OK Corral, no shootouts in bars, no shootouts in schools, and the "Logic" appears to be that an armed society, being composed of law-abiding citizens, is a polite society.

It defies logic and common sense to claim that allowing loaded concealed or openly carried weapons to be carried by the general public will not increase the risk of unnecessary violence.

Stupid is as stupid does - Those reFIBlican boyz are a crazy group. First they want metal detectors and then they decide to allow guns into the State cap.

Mouse - Every time you speak, you make no sense. You didn't have to say anything about self defense. I did. Conceal and carry is for self defense. This situation wasn't about self defense and whether the law was or wasn't in place, it wouldn't have changed the outcome. According to your explanation, banning guns would only solve this situation from happening. Which that concept has been proven to fail also. Do you get it now? PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY.

So if the Gov is geniunely concerned with protecting our rights and freedoms, then the next natural progression on Walkers freedom agenda is signing gay marriage into law and legalizing marijuana!

Mouse - It's not a spin, it's a fact. It had nothing to do with this law. The gentleman was breaking the law. He murdered someone and the situation had nothing to do with self defense. If the law was in effect when it occurred, he still would be a criminal regardless. That is my point. It's personal accountability. Start blaming the person, no the object. I know many of the relatives and loved ones.

Mouse said "The fact is now more people will carry. and rage will win over in lots of cases -just like road rage" If that is the case why has it not already happend in the 48 states that currently have CC. Your statement has not been backed by facts only conjecture on your part. In Arizona they passed the law where CC could be carried in a bar, the same argument came up, gunfights in every bar. To date there have been ZERO gunfights in Arizona bars because of that change.

How does the 1000 foot rule for schools work. I live by a school so if I carry walking down the street by my house Im breaking the law?

Vector - While I agree that what happened that night was a tragedy for all and a terrible situation, that man was carrying a gun illegally and also used the gun illegally. The entire situation had nothing to do with this law being passed. Anyone could have gone out and done that regardless of a conceal and carry law.

I don't agree with this law. I seem to recall a man on a motorcycle pulling a gun out of his pocket and firing into the back of a Jeep recently. He wasn't carrying that gun intent on killing someone that night, just felt good in his pocket until somebody ticked him off. Little bit of road rage + beer + gun = one dead, much grief, many altered lives. You can say that wouldn't be you. Circumstance makes fools of us all.

Wisconsin will be the 49th state to have a legal concealed carry option. This is nothing new; it is not reinventing the wheel. In the other 48 states that currently allow a licensed conceal carry there has not been this huge influx of gun crime that some say will happen. In almost every state the opposite has happened. Yes there are a few instances where bad things happen, the Gifford’s shooting is one of them, but that was perpetrated by someone that was not legally carrying that weapon.
If a business decides they do not want you to carry, they only have to post a sign saying so. But if that business posts a sign saying no weapons or no guns they are then responsible to protect you. Case law is on the side of the permit holder.
What is wrong with carrying a weapon in a bank? I will bet that most men in Wisconsin carry a pocket knife and don’t think twice about having it in a bank. A weapon is a weapon, regardless of what it is. The USE of that weapon determines everything.

Sarah, you have a one tract mind, all you can think about is the liberal point of view, I bet you dont sleep nights, justing thinking about politics.

Mouse, If I understand your first post, you are stating that it is ok to bring a firearm into a bank. It will still be illegal to bring a firearm into a financial institution and if I remember it still be illegal to possess in the health facilities.

I"m all for concealed carry too. Finally glad it's being signed into law, but I feel no need to gloat and push it in the faces of people that don't agree with me. I wonder often some were picked on as kids that they feel the need to still act like children....over everything.

Does this mean we can start taking our guns with our bibles to church unless we're intoxicated?
I'm thinkin' it does...

Mouse: You don’t have faith in your fellow mankind to do the right thing? I like the idea of letting people decide their destinies based on their behavior. This is the reason we have our infamous police force, so they can monitor and ticket the offenders. For safety reasons of course, never for the revenue generated.