Posted November 19, 2016 7:00 am by Comments

By Jenn Jacques

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Wisconsin State Representative Jesse Kremer is working to make sure responsible, law-abiding gun owners in the Badger State aren’t being handcuffed by 2011’s Act 35, the state’s concealed carry law.

“We’re setting parents up for failure,” said Kremer, who is working on a bill to adjust Wisconsin’s law to match the federal Gun-Free School Zones Act, which provides an exception for citizens with CCW licenses. “As soon as they drive into our (school) parking lot, they have to unholster their firearm, if they’re a law-abiding concealed carry holder, and put it in a lockbox.”

“There should be people with goodwill to sit down and, once again, say, ‘What’s a common sense answer to solve this problem so we don’t have folks who are concerned about getting arrested for something as simple as dropping off their grandkids?” Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said.

Democrats in the state, who are vocally opposing the pro-Second Amendment legislation, say Republicans aren’t considering concerns of school officials.

“We need to listen to those people who are school leaders, school board members and law enforcement personnel, and unfortunately, I don’t think Republicans are going to listen to them,” Assembly Democratic Leader Peter Barca said.

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