Wisconsin lawmaker urges arming teachers

[Headless Thompson Gunner]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061005/ap_on_re_us/school_weapons

It might not be politically correct, but it has worked effectively in other countries, Republican Rep. Frank Lasee said Wednesday.

No kidding?

[Monkeyleg]

Lasee is absolutely right. But the bill will never pass here in WI. Or not until we've had shall-issue CCW for a few years.

[cosine]

Monkeyleg,

If the elections would turn out favorably in November, and the issue of CCW would once again come up in the legislature, do you think there would be opposition to lowering the age requirement for a license from the 21 it previously was to an age like 20 or 19?

When a CCW bill would be formulated again, who would I contact to express my interest in having an age requirement of 20 or 19 for a license instead of an age requirement of 21?

[Strings]

cosine, IIRC, you have to be 21 to purchase a handgun here in the Land of Cheese. So making a lower age requirement for CCW would be fairly pointless...

[cosine]

cosine, IIRC, you have to be 21 to purchase a handgun here in the Land of Cheese. So making a lower age requirement for CCW would be fairly pointless...

Oh yeah, duh. Sometimes the memory doesn't work. What about (it may seem like I'm grasping at straws here ) private face-to-face transactions though? Are those restricted to 21 too?

[Strings]

I'm willing to bet that ANY attempt to lower the age for ccw would be met with cries from the antis of "you're encouraging straw sales!", or somesuch...

 Although, in answer to your question: private sales have no such restrictions that I'm aware of, and you CAN possess a handgun at 18...

[cosine]

Okay. It was just an idea that occured to me, no sense in following through with it if it's not very feasible or if it might impede the progress of any CCW in WI in any way.

I can be patient. Deprived, but patient.