Earlier today I was contacted by a TV reporter who asked if I had heard about Dane County's attempt to pass a resolution to prohibit concealed weapons in all county-owned buildings, e.g., the City-County Building, zoo buildings, the Alliant Energy Center, and so on.
You can read about this proposal By clicking here
It seems clear to me that if the Dane County Board passes such a resolution it would be in violation of the state's 15-year old firearms preemption statute. Such a resolution would have no legal effect and be unenforceable according to Wisconsin Statute 66.0409 which states:
66.0409 (2) Except as provided in subs. (3) and (4), no political subdivision
may enact an ordinance or adopt a resolution that regulates
the sale, purchase, purchase delay, transfer, ownership, use, keeping,
possession, bearing, transportation, licensing, permitting,
registration or taxation of any firearm or part of a firearm, including
ammunition and reloader components, unless the ordinance or
resolution is the same as or similar to, and no more stringent than,
a state statute.
They do whatever they want in Moscow on the Yahara.
ReplyDeleteNote: The original Senate Bill 93 consisted of 19 pages of text. After adding a training and permit requirement, even the rather minimum requirements that they are, I believe it became a bloated 60 pages of text. It is hard to wade through this mess. There may be language in one of the amendments to the bill that would allow the county to post the buildings it owns, however the most important question is why would they want to do this?
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