Wisconsin Republicans Leave Concealed Carry License Holders Out in the Cold

January 20, 2016

Attention Wisconsin Concealed Carry License holders!!

RIGHT NOW, if a Mother or Father with a concealed carry license, drives onto the school parking lot to drop off their kids, while armed, EVEN if they never exit the vehicle, it is a felony in Wisconsin.

Federal law ALLOWS CCL holders to go onto school grounds, but Wisconsin passed its own Gun Free School Zone law in the 90's BEFORE we had concealed carry so it didn't adopt the same exception for CCL holders. (because we didn't have CC at the time)

After 3 years of working with various legislators, Senator Mary Lazich (R) has circulated a bill that would correct this oversight and make sure moms and dads aren't exposed to a felony just for picking up kids from school, or walking kids to school while armed.

Unfortunately, although all Wisconsin Republican Senators campaigned as "pro gun" many will not support a change to state law to bring it in line with federal law...

This past summer the Wisconsin Legislature passed a bill (Senate Bill 70, now Wisconsin 2015 Act 23) granting OFF DUTY and FORMER police the right to carry on school grounds AND in school buildings. That same bill also exempted off-duty and former officers from trespassing laws on PRIVATE property of private schools. (see 2015 Act 23)

https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2015/related/lcactmemo/act023

The Senate Passed the bill (Senate Bill 70) 22 to 11 with several democrats voting for it, The Assembly passed it WITHOUT DEBATE in a VOICE VOTE and Governor Walker quietly signed it.

http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2015/related/votes/senate/sv0055

With this in mind, you realize how much of a snow-job you are getting from Senators and Representatives who say "there isn't time left" in the session to pass the current bill being circulated to allow LAW ABIDING CCL HOLDERS to be free from FELONIES if they drop off their kids at school armed.

These same Republicans who campaign as "pro concealed carry" can hustle through bills (EVEN IF IT MEANS NO DEBATE AND A VOICE VOTE) granting special privileges to former police officers from OTHER STATES but they won't for YOU, the law-abiding CCL holder.

The following Senators voted for special privileges for OFF DUTY and FORMER POLICE OFFICERS FROM OTHER STATES but aren't willing to support your right to carry on school grounds when you drop your own children off in your own vehicle. Haven't you had enough of politicians who campaigned with promises of freedom and smaller government only to turn around and get elected and tell YOU your rights will have to wait?

Republicans control the Wisconsin Senate, Assembly, and Governors Office. There is NO excuse not to stand up for the 2nd Amendment.

PLEASE REMEMBER THESE NAMES WHEN THEY CAMPAIGN THAT THEY ARE "CONCEALED CARRY SUPPORTERS".

If they think a law-abiding mom, dad, aunt, uncle, grandparent should be a felon just for picking up their kids from school while armed, they are NOT a concealed carry supporter.

The following Senators voted FOR special privileges for off-duty and former (including out of state) police officers on school grounds and buildings, but have NOT come out supporting YOUR right to carry when you drop off your children at school.

BEWLEY (D)
COWLES (R)
DARLING (R)
FARROW (no longer in Senate replaced by Chris Kapenga?)
FITZGERALD (R)
HARSDORF (R)
LASSA (D)
MARKLEIN (R)
MOULTON (R)
OLSEN (R)
PETROWSKI (R)
ROTH (R)
TIFFANY (R)
VINEHOUT
Van Wanggaard? (R)

The following senators DO support your right to carry and want to change Wisconsin law so you aren't a FELON if you drop off your kids at school while armed:

LEMAHIEU? - CO SPONSOR
GUDEX - CO SPONSOR of school grounds carry bill for CCL holders
LAZICH - AUTHOR of school grounds carry bill for CCL holders
NASS - CO SPONSOR of school grounds carry bill for CCL holders
STROEBEL? - CO SPONSOR
LASEE - supports bill
KAPENGA - supports bill
VUKMIR - supports bill

Locate your senators using the following link: http://maps.legis.wisconsin.gov/. Then find their Facebook pages and ask the non-supporters why they don't fully support concealed carry?