Anti-disclosure rules shield identities of felons, abusers and fugitives
By Bill Lueders
Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism
More than 4,000 applicants were denied a Wisconsin concealed carry license and more than 400 had their licenses revoked or suspended in the program’s first 14 months, records show. These included dozens of felons, domestic abusers, illegal drug users and “fugitives from justice.”
Who were these lawbreakers?
The Huffington Post, By Nick Wing
Frank Luntz, a top Republican strategist and pollster, said Wednesday that the National Rifle Association's recent calls for armed guards to be stationed at every school in the wake of the Newtown, Conn. massacre suggested the organization isn't listening to public opinion on the issue.
Since 2009, the NRA and its allies in state capitols have pushed through 99 laws making guns easier to own, easier to carry in public—eight states now even allow them in bars —and harder for the government to track. More than two-thirds of the laws were passed by Republican-controlled legislatures, though often with bipartisan support.
Mother Jones
Wed Sep. 26, 2012
—By Mark Follman, Tasneem Raja, and Ben Breedlove
Waukesha Republican Bill Kramer says he brings a gun to work, and that he is not the only lawmaker packing heat in the State Capitol.
Watch the interview on abc wisn.com
Greenbay Press Gazette
Feb. 4, 2012
Assembly leader packs gun in chamber
MADISON — The Republican lawmaker who presides over the state Assembly said Friday he's been carrying a concealed weapon during floor sessions.
How the tea party leader accidentally became a gun rights poster boy
Mother Jones
As a leader of the Tea Party Patriots, Mark Meckler has settled into a role as the public face of this movement of irate conservatives. But in New York last month, he accidentally became the poster boy for another group of feisty activists, thanks to his arrest on felony gun charges.
Excerpt from The New York Times
By MICHAEL LUO
December 26, 2011
In state after state, guns are being allowed in places once off-limits, like bars, college campuses and houses of worship. And gun rights advocates are seeking to expand the map still further, pushing federal legislation that would require states to honor other states’ concealed weapons permits. The House approved the bill last month; the Senate is expected to take it up next year.
Working together, look what we've done! Currently, approximately 75% of Wisconsin residents live in counties that have decided to keep guns out of some, or more frequently, in all county-owned buildings -- and the number keeps growing!
This is the tipping point in our movement’s campaign to keep our families safe from guns in public buildings.
ABC 2 (WBAY), Oct. 19, 2011
By Jason Zimmerman
Appleton city leaders approved an ordinance Wednesday night prohibiting weapons from being brought inside buildings owned, occupied, or controlled by the City.
Appleton joins Combined Locks and Little Chute, which passed concealed-carry ordinances Tuesday and Wednesday night, respectively, restricting weapons in certain municipal buildings.
Signs will soon be posted outside all of Appleton's municipal buildings, warning people that weapons won't be allowed inside, once the state's concealed-carry law takes effect November 1st.
BizTimes
October 05, 2011
Business owners can prohibit persons from carrying a concealed weapon on their premises. This prohibition can be applied separately from or together with the prohibition applicable to employees. If business owners choose the prohibition, they must post a conspicuous notice (at least 5 inches by 7 inches) near the entrances to the building, stating that carrying concealed weapons is prohibited. A business that does not prohibit an individual from carrying a concealed weapon on premises is immune from any liability arising from that decision.
