[align=left]Right to keep and bear arms. SECTION 25. [As created[/align]
[align=left]Nov. 1998] The people have the right to keep and bear arms for[/align]
[align=left]security, defense, hunting, recreation or any other lawful purpose.[/align]
[align=left][1995 J.R. 27, 1997 J.R. 21, vote November 1998][/align]
[align=left]The state constitutional right to bear arms is fundamental, but it is not absolute.[/align]
[align=left]This section does not affect the reasonable regulation of guns. The standard of[/align]
[align=left]review for challenges to statutes allegedly in violation of this section is whether the[/align]
[align=left]statute is a reasonable exercise of police power. State v. Cole, 2003 WI 112, 264[/align]
[align=left]Wis. 2d 520, 665 N.W.2d 328, 01−0350.[/align]
[align=left]The concealed weapons statute is a restriction on the manner in which firearms[/align]
[align=left]are possessed and used. It is constitutional under Art. I, s. 25. Only if the public[/align]
[align=left]benefit in the exercise of the police power is substantially outweighed by an individual’s[/align]
[align=left]need to conceal a weapon in the exercise of the right to bear arms will an[/align]
[align=left]otherwise valid restriction on that right be unconstitutional. The right to keep and[/align]
[align=left]bear arms for security, as a general matter, must permit a person to possess, carry,[/align]
[align=left]39 05−06 Wis. Stats.
[/align]
[align=left]Updated through February 15, 2007[/align]
[align=left]and sometimes conceal arms to maintain the security of a private residence or privately[/align]
[align=left]operated business, and to safely move and store weapons within those premises.[/align]
[align=left]State v. Hamdan, 2003 WI 113, 264 Wis. 2d 433, 665 N.W.2d 785, 01−0056.