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Fox 6 news at 9. They are having a story on this tonight.
Fox 6 news at 9. They are having a story on this tonight.
Website for video?? links?Fox 6 news at 9. They are having a story on this tonight.
So he was wearingthe gun in a holster in his vehicle? In a school zone? double no no.He admitted to investigators that he had removed the gun from a holster before exiting the vehicle wearing the holster, the complaint says. It is illegal in Wisconsin to possess a firearm within 1,000 feet of a school.
I agree. cross a line in the sand and now he's going to be a felon?Too bad, I hate to see someone facing a felony who had no ill intent.
Dear Editor:
Regarding the April 29, 2009 Online article "Pewaukee man charged with carrying gun near school." The article provided false information to the public.
The article stated, "It is illegal in Wisconsin to possess a firearm within 1,000 feet of a school." That is FALSE. According to state statutes, it is LEGAL to possess a firearm within 1,000 feet of a school zone but it must be encased and unloaded if on public property. If on private property, there is no restriction, it can be uncased and loaded.
It is also possible to have loaded firearms INSIDE the schools in Wisconsin. As a hunter safety instructor, I have taught many classes inside Wisconsin's public schools. During these classes, my students routinely practice loading and unloading of firearms, again inside the school.
I respectfully suggest that you consult legal counsel for accuracy before posting or printing any further information on what is legal or illegal in Wisconsin, or Wisconsin law in general as your reporters and editors obviously do not know the law.
As to Mr. Hooyman, yes he should have known the law, but given the JSOnline reporters and editors couldn't sort through the seventy-one (71) contradictions in the Wisconsin statutes regarding firearms and figure out what is legal and what is not, is it any wonder why he (Hooyman) couldn’t?
Maybe it’s time for the state legislature to act and correct the seventy-one (71) contradictions regarding firearms that currently exist in the Wisconsin state statutes.
Respectfully,
bnhcompting
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I include the relevant statutes for reference
948.605(2)(a)
(a) 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.
948.605(2)(b)
(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to the possession of a firearm:
948.605(2)(b)1.
1. On private property not part of school grounds;
948.605(2)(b)3.
3. That is not loaded and is:
948.605(2)(b)3.a.
a. Encased; or
948.605(2)(b)4.
4. By an individual for use in a program approved by a school in the school zone;
LS16SpdZ99wrote:Unfortunately the father chrged went **onto the grounds of the school**, and was just not in the zone outside the school - gun bans at schools are not likley to overtunred by courts on constitutonal grounds.
This is something that could take something so innocent and make you a felon imagine picking up you kid from school on the way up north on a hunting trip and have a truck load stuff and there are your guns.