From Michigan Comming To Wisconsin

Had a great time in Wisconsin. Thanks to everyone for the help.

Lurchiron said:

You got it...but one thing; there are NO Pasties below the bridge so BYOP, however we do have cheese, glorious cheese, yellow & white enough to eat all night...:dude: Go Bears!!!

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there are pasties , but you need to go to south west Wisconsin to find them Cornish miners aren't as common here any more as they once were.

pasties were the traditional Cornish miner lunch

MKEgal said:

What's the name of this site again?

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yes I know , but sometimes it is about having an enjoyable vacation with the family and not being a political activist.

I thank all who open carry , it is a great service to all the gun owners of the state ,but sometimes one just wants to have a nice vacation and not run into trouble when away from home.

A WI Municipal or State level prosecuting attorney is not going to prosecute an out-of-state licensee under the Federal GFSZ. Unless you do something to get the attention of a Federal Prosecutor by violating some other "law" under their jurisdiction, you have little to worry about.

Grapeshot said:

I do not misunderstand the GFSZ Act 1995. While many hold it to be unconstitutional and some claim it has never been tested, it has been successfully prosecuted.

• United States v Danks (Eighth Circuit 1999)
• United States v Tait (Eleventh Circuit 2000)
• United States v Haywood (Third Circuit 2002)
• United States v Smith (Sixth Circuit 2005)
• United States v Dorsey (Ninth Circuit 2005)
• United States v Nieves-Castaño (First Circuit 2007)
• United States v Weekes (Third Circuit 2007)
• United States v Benally (Tenth Circuit 2007)
• United States v Cruz-Rodriguez (First Circuit 2008)

Nothing in the Wisconsin Constitution or statutes nullifies the federal law.

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In none of these cases were the individuals simply minding their own business and otherwise legally possessing a firearm in a GFSZ. If you are a drug dealer, felon in possession of a firearm, discharging it in a school zone, etc you can reasonably expect to get pounded... Of course they were prosecuted as they worked hard to be so...

Interceptor_Knight said:

In none of these cases were the individuals simply minding their own business and otherwise legally possessing a firearm in a GFSZ. If you are a drug dealer, felon in possession of a firearm, discharging it in a school zone, etc you can reasonably expect to get pounded... Of course they were prosecuted as they worked hard to be so...

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If the GFSZA is unconstitutional, as I think it is, then why have it on the books even as an add-on charge? Do we really need more gun laws?

There have been others prosecuted/persecuted for carrying within 1000 ft. of a school: Walking down the other side of the street was close enough to being on school property for Chesterfield, Va PD. Likewise a man that cut across a few feet on his way home. Then there was a reporter that was at the curb line doing his job. Google is your friend if you need more cites.

Grapeshot said:

There have been others prosecuted/persecuted for carrying within 1000 ft. of a school: Walking down the other side of the street was close enough to being on school property for Chesterfield, Va PD. Likewise a man that cut across a few feet on his way home. Then there was a reporter that was at the curb line doing his job. Google is your friend if you need more cites.

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All of these cases you mention were for out of State licensees who were successfully prosecuted under the Federal GFSZ act? If not then there is no relevance to the issue at hand.