Wisconsin Carry Inc. - Chairman
Wisconsin Carry, Inc.
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On April 26th 2010 Wisconsin Carry was contacted by a state resident who's husband had been legally open-carrying in Wal-Mart in Portage and was stopped by police and told that a local ordinance prohibited the carry of a firearm.
Portage is now aware that their ordinance is preempted and plans are in the works with the city administrator to change the ordinance. Portage officials also found that Pardeeville and Montello have similar ordinances and planned to contact those municipalities as well.
Wisconsin Carry did an open-records request that, in the words of the Portage Chief of Police: "As a result of the above incident and your records request, we are training our officers how to respond to these calls similar to that of LaCrosse PD. We have also come up with a brochure on "Carrying Firearms" that we can provide to businesses. One is enclosed"
The letter from the Portage Chief of Police along with open-records information gathered and a copy of the brochure is available for view here:
http://www.wisconsincarry.org/pdf/Portage2.pdf
Carry On Portage!
Nik Clark
Chairman/President - Wisconsin Carry, Inc.
On April 26th 2010 Wisconsin Carry was contacted by a state resident who's husband had been legally open-carrying in Wal-Mart in Portage and was stopped by police and told that a local ordinance prohibited the carry of a firearm.
Portage is now aware that their ordinance is preempted and plans are in the works with the city administrator to change the ordinance. Portage officials also found that Pardeeville and Montello have similar ordinances and planned to contact those municipalities as well.
Wisconsin Carry did an open-records request that, in the words of the Portage Chief of Police: "As a result of the above incident and your records request, we are training our officers how to respond to these calls similar to that of LaCrosse PD. We have also come up with a brochure on "Carrying Firearms" that we can provide to businesses. One is enclosed"
The letter from the Portage Chief of Police along with open-records information gathered and a copy of the brochure is available for view here:
http://www.wisconsincarry.org/pdf/Portage2.pdf
Carry On Portage!
Nik Clark
Chairman/President - Wisconsin Carry, Inc.