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Legislative Alert: Amendment Would Allow Any CCW Licensee to Carry Firearms in Schools
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | October 22, 2013
The Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice has scheduled a vote for Thursday Oct. 31 on a bill (Assembly Bill 9) to allow off-duty law enforcement officers and former law enforcement officers to carry firearms in schools.
The bill’s author and committee chairman, Joel Kleefisch (R-Oconomowoc) has introduced an amendment to the bill (Assembly Amendment 1) that would allow any person with a Wisconsin concealed carry (CCW) license or an out-of-state CCW license to go armed in a school.
(The SAA opposes such an amendment and will oppose the bill if it is amended to allow all CCW license holders to go armed in schools.)
SAA members, please contact committee members and your own Assembly Representatives and urge them to oppose expanding the bill to give CCW licensees blanket authority to carry weapons in schools. For your convenience, we have provided links to the Assembly Directory as well as Who Are My Legislators. Also, reach out to your local law enforcement agencies to enlist their active support as well.
Most law enforcement groups have supported the bill in its original form (without the amendment), which requires former law enforcement officers to undergo a rigorous certification process in order to go armed in schools. They oppose broadening the bill to allow all CCW licensees to go armed in schools. Those groups also support easing certain restrictions on active law enforcement personnel. They note that while current law allows schools and law enforcement agencies to reach agreements and establish policies that allow for “off duty” carry by active law enforcement, this existing procedure can be cumbersome in school districts that encompass multiple counties or municipalities.
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