Wisconsin OC Poll

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ccwinstructor wrote:

I should change my vote. I have open carried in little towns in northern Wisconsin, but not in anything bigger. Then again, I seldom am in the larger towns. Another thing to consider is that it would be much easier to accidentally run afoul of the insane "school zone" law in the urban areas.

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I believe that one has to "knowingly" violate the school zone law. An "accidental" violation ought not to result in a conviction. But, yeah, it's not a perfect world so I understand your reluctance.

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Here's the actual wording:


"Any individual who knowingly possesses a firearm at a place that the individual
knows, or has reasonable cause to believe, is a school zone is
guilty of a Class I felony."

I'm not certain what "reasonable cause to believe" would be-- maybe seeing "school crossing" signs, although in my part of Madison there are such signs that are in excess of 1000' feet of the school property.