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From the La Crosse Tribune: http://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/article_7bedfe94-bbca-11df-84f6-001cc4c002e0.html
Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen will not issue an opinion on gun law prosecution in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that prompted the Jackson County district attorney to forego charging some violations.
The attorney general's office said no official requests have been made to weigh in on the high court's ruling in June that struck down Chicago's 28-year firearm ban as a violation of the Second Amendment.
Jackson County District Attorney Gerald Fox later announced he would no longer prosecute carrying a concealed weapon, including switchblade or butterfly knives, possession of a firearm in a public building or bar, or having an uncased or loaded firearm in a vehicle.
He still will enforce other unlawful use of weapons, such as the prohibition of felons being armed with a firearm, possessing a firearm while intoxicated, using a firearm to commit a crime and endangering the safety by negligent handling of a weapon.
Fox's decision made local law enforcement officials choose how they would handle such violations and even prompted questions about similar ordinances.
Van Hollen had praised the court's ruling.