“Gov.
Scott Walker signed into law Senate Bill 93, the concealed carry
legislation, Friday afternoon, July 8 in Wausau. Wisconsin will join 48
other states which permit citizens to carry concealed guns.
The Personal Protection Act includes a licensing process, criminal
background checks and firearms safety training (with certain exemptions
for members of the military, retired law enforcement personnel and
citizens who have already completed a hunter's safety course) for those
who wish to conceal and carry weapons. Carrying a gun without a permit
would be a misdemeanor.
The bill passed with the bi-partisan support in both
the
State Senate, 25-8, and the State Assembly, 68-27. In the Senate, six
Democrats voted in favor. In the Assembly vote on Tuesday, June 28, 11
Democrats and one independent joined 56 Republican representatives in
support of the measure, with Republican Don Pridemore of Hartford
voting against.
The bill had passed the state legislature previously in 2003 and 2005
but was vetoed from becoming law by Walker's predecessor, Democratic
Gov. Jim Doyle.
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