Nope, HB148 has preemption, and is shall-issue. It has some things that'll give the anti's somethign to crow about (a 3 strikes provision for illegal firearms use: mandatory 10 yrs for 1st time, 20yrs for second and life for 3rd time) Has a training (both classroom and live fire) requirement. It currently has 37 co-sponsors and is the talk down in Springfield even other lobbyists are talking about it, positively.
And there hasn't even been a CCW/LTC bill introduced in Wisconsin.
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That in bold above is what won't sit well with Chicago.
And you have to remember, those here in WI have been to this rodeo a few times. The governor bought off an actual sponsor of the bill who was writing pro-RKBA op-ed opinion pieces in the local papers with a judgeship if he lost re-election over his switch.
We passed it through our legislature with 2/3rds super-majorities,
twice, however, what was going on is any number of closet-antis, or those just soft on the issue, or those who had larger behind the scenes political concerns and fealties were only voting for it because they knew the fix was in.
I just can't see Chicago not pulling out every last dirty trick in the book behind the scenes to kill this. Not even on the RKBA/CCW issues of it, but the power play between Chicago and Springfield. The RKBA and pro/anti arguments aside, that's what motivated a lot of the switching and betrayal here in WI, that they didn't want their seated governor and party weakened.
And, a major thing about the big-city politics and CCW is that various constituencies see it as a "hunting license for their kids". In essence, they see a certain level of criminality as inevitable, and would prefer some whitey not shoot their kid for "doing what he's gotta do".
Monkeyleg and another pro gun figure here in WI attended a community meeting in that part of town here in Milwaukee a few years ago, as they tried to make their case for those they logically thought "needed CCW more than anybody", the reaction was to the point there was some concern for their safety and, IIRC, they had to leave the meeting early.
I can't imagine that such sentiment isn't any less in Chicago, and the population of those districts that either have representation, or are at least pandered to in both state and city politics is even bigger than Milwaukee's.
I want to be wrong, and I hope it passes. I figure either state getting it first only helps apply the pressure to the other to pass it too.
The one possible saving grace is that the more cynical politicians may see this as a relatively harmless way to divert some "tea party steam" into something they feel (or know from other states) is inconsequential, vs. something REALLY dangerous, like breaking the union/Democrat money machine.
