Just received from a WI activist in response to this NRA Alert :
The NRA "misstates" that [the "shall issue" ] bill has the additional benefit of eliminating Wisconsin's 1,000 ft. School Zone nonsense. Both bills bring it down to just the school property. (See the last sentence of page 2 onto page 3 of the Constitutional Carry legislative bureau's summary.)See:
- www.wisconsincarry.org/pdf/bills/LRB-11-2007-1.pdf: "Constitutional Carry
- www.wisconsincarry.org/pdf/bills/LRB-11-2007-1.pdf: "Constitutional Carry"
- www.wisconsincarry.org/pdf/bills/LRB-11-2027-1.pdf: "Shall Issue"
I haven't really been following Wisconsin, so I'm putting this out there for discussion. This would appear to be another instance of "pragmatists" vs. "absolutists," and there will be no shortage of arguments backing each approach that won't be resolved here.
What I would like to see discussed here is the disagreement on the school zone claim.
Thoughts?