Me? I don't know what the hell is going on.
I think we've got three bills running around. A Senate shall-issue and a Senate permit-less/constitutional bill, and an Assembly shall-issue bill. One's gotten through the Senate Judiciary committee.
I think they plan on getting this all done by the end of June I thought to beat any Republican recalls that might cost them the Senate. A long shot, but better safe than sorry.
Honestly, I'm so tired of it, anything demonstrably better than the PPA (Personal Protection Act) CCW bills vetoed by Doyle will make me very happy at this point.
It's all going kind of crazy. Milwaukee conservative talk-radio pundits are all screaming and ranting that they want training and permits, I think it's because they're worried that Constitutional Carry bills or bills without training might cost the GOP the state Senate. The WI NRA guy LaSorte is fuming mad about what Belling, Sykes etc. have been saying over the air in Milwaukee.
Gov. Walker is waffling a bit, stating publicly he
thinks that any CCW bill should have permits. However, he has not retracted his promise to sign whatever CCW bill reaches his desk.
What I think has happened that the initial strategy of proposing permit-less/Constitutional carry as the stick, with a very clean shall-issue CCW bill as the carrot has backfired a bit. RINO's and moderates who initially were OK with this plan were shocked to find out a fair number of people actually are SERIOUS about Constitutional Carry, including the NRA.
My gut feeling is right now that we'll wind up with Indiana style shall-issue. Permits that are relatively cheap/long-lasting, background check, but no training requirement.
Honestly, what I'd have liked to see was a well written and sever-able bill with three tiers.
1. Constitutional AZ/AK carry.
2. Optional Shall-Issue CCW's for WI residents to get more leniency with GFSZ's.
3. Optional Shall-Issue CCW's with a training endorsement for max reciprocity across the U.S.
This way, tiers one or one and two could be lopped off if it was looking like they were going to prevent passage.
Other factors I'd have liked.
- No duty to inform LEO's.
- Bars restaurants OK for carry. Just can't be drinking/drunk. (perhaps a .08 standard like DUI/OWI)
- Permit holders can skip the two day WI handgun wait.
- Strict Sign requirements. Size, color, font, wording. And then they only have trespass authority. You must have a sign AND be told/asked to leave.
- Secure zones must have lockers for CCW'ers.