(2) Except as provided in subs. (3) and (4), no political subdi-
vision may enact an ordinance or adopt a resolution that regulates
the sale, purchase, purchase delay, transfer, ownership, use, keep-
ing, possession, bearing, transportation, licensing, permitting,
registration or taxation of any firearm or part of a firearm, includ-
ing ammunition and reloader components, unless the ordinance or
resolution is the same as or similar to, and no more stringent than,
a state statute.
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(b) If a political subdivision has in effect on November 17,
1995, an ordinance or resolution that regulates the sale, purchase,
transfer, ownership, use, keeping, possession, bearing, transporta-
tion, licensing, permitting, registration or taxation of any firearm
or part of a firearm, including ammunition and reloader compo-
nents, and the ordinance or resolution is not the same as or similar
to a state statute, the ordinance or resolution shall have no legal
effect and the political subdivision may not enforce the ordinance
or resolution on or after November 18, 1995.