CONGRATULATIONS WISCONSIN - But the Fight Is Not Over
CONGRATULATIONS WISCONSIN - I can't wait to come back and join you in celebration. Allow me to be one of the first to Welcome the State of Wisconsin into the fold of "Shall Issue" concealed carry permit States. It has been a long time in coming.
However, DO NOT GIVE UP THE FIGHT.
The priorities (as I see them):
1) Constitutional Carry with optional permit system in place. (Just like AK, AZ, & WY). VT never did issue permits.
2) Castile Doctrine - with the doctrine extending to your "place of residence", your property up to and including your property line, your place of business, and your car when you or another person is in it (just like UT).
3) Presumption of a violent felony in progress for home intruders who invade your place of residence by violent force or by stealth and the right to use deadly force against such low life creatures (just like UT).
4) Elimination of the Federal Gun Free School Zone including inside the school building for optional permit holders (just like UT).
5) Elimination of "gun free zones" except for those buildings deemed Federal Facilities under Federal Firearms Law (eg: Post Offices, Federal Administrative Buildings, etc - that use metal detectors to enforce their gun free zones) and State and local Court Facilities (unless permitted by the Judge in charge). - And of course local, State, and Federal Jails, mental health facilities that house the criminally insane, and federal and state prisons. (Even the local LEO's cannot carry in these places.)
6) WI recognizes all out of state permits (just like IA, UT, and a host of other states). - Thus insuring the maximum amount of reciprocity given the limitations of the Wisconsin "training" requirement.(NV and FL may never grant reciprocity without a live fire exercise.) Still, FL may anyway, They recognize UT resident permits without a live fire exercise.
7) WI issues non-resident permits and thus reduces their administrative costs. After all, a UT or FL permit gets access to almost all of the "shall issue" states. WI is just missing revenue opportunity by limiting their permit to residents.
This is the end of my "rant". But the message is clear - CONGRATULATIONS WISCONSIN - home of my birth and my early years.
Carry on - Proudly Carry On - And when the Governor signs, and the Bill becomes Law, you can carry open or concealed as your choices and circumstances dictate. This is a GOOD THING.
