Live in Wisconsin but grew up in Indiana and take my parents (now just my Mother) back to the New Paris area each summer to visit. Will be there weekend of June 23. Been lurking a few years, I thought I had signed up but couldnÂ’t figure out my password, so maybe I never did?
IÂ’m an open carry guy, as weather permits. Wisconsin is no permit open carry, need a license to conceal. Been OC for 7 years, not many issues. Wi was the 49th state to allow CC, but got it mostly right, for the time. I do have a license as it make carrying in a vehicle somewhat easier. Plus, I conceal in the winter, at church, etc.
My wife is a School District Administrator, IÂ’ve also posted in the free Gunsite training post. She owns guns and we try to shoot at least monthly at the local range, or an indoor 30 miles away. She would be opposed to allowing carry by the general public in the school, and I am not allowed to carry at school functions by WI law. IÂ’m a truck driver, married up! She would follow any changed laws, it looks like if Wi would allow guns in schools they would give each school the option to post no gun signs, and I suspect her school as well as most, would do that. There are 7 exceptions to the WI no guns in school law, none of which would apply to me. (LE on duty and such)
Because she is “somebody” in our small town and I open carry a handgun we are quite the conundrum to many people. We have a German Shepherd that I walk 3-5 miles around town a couple times a week, talk to lots of people. I suspect nearly everyone knows me after two years, or at least knows who I am. Interaction with Local LE has not been a problem. I know them, they know me, but we are not best friends or anything. I get the impression the Chief is not my biggest fan, but he has not ever given me a problem.
Good to be here, enjoy the day!
IÂ’m an open carry guy, as weather permits. Wisconsin is no permit open carry, need a license to conceal. Been OC for 7 years, not many issues. Wi was the 49th state to allow CC, but got it mostly right, for the time. I do have a license as it make carrying in a vehicle somewhat easier. Plus, I conceal in the winter, at church, etc.
My wife is a School District Administrator, IÂ’ve also posted in the free Gunsite training post. She owns guns and we try to shoot at least monthly at the local range, or an indoor 30 miles away. She would be opposed to allowing carry by the general public in the school, and I am not allowed to carry at school functions by WI law. IÂ’m a truck driver, married up! She would follow any changed laws, it looks like if Wi would allow guns in schools they would give each school the option to post no gun signs, and I suspect her school as well as most, would do that. There are 7 exceptions to the WI no guns in school law, none of which would apply to me. (LE on duty and such)
Because she is “somebody” in our small town and I open carry a handgun we are quite the conundrum to many people. We have a German Shepherd that I walk 3-5 miles around town a couple times a week, talk to lots of people. I suspect nearly everyone knows me after two years, or at least knows who I am. Interaction with Local LE has not been a problem. I know them, they know me, but we are not best friends or anything. I get the impression the Chief is not my biggest fan, but he has not ever given me a problem.
Good to be here, enjoy the day!
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