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Friday, June 26, 2015

Wisconsin governor signs bill loosening gun restrictions

Wisconsin governor signs bill loosening gun restrictions
By Laura DeGeer on Jun 25, 2015 11:06 am
[JURIST] Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker [official website] signed two bills [Senate Bill 35 PDF; Senate Bill 49 PDF] Wednesday loosening Wisconsin's gun laws. The bills, to take effect on Friday, eliminate Wisconsin's 48-hour waiting period for purchasing a handgun and allow off duty, retired and out-of-state police officers to carry firearms on school grounds. Both the content and timing of the bills have been criticized [Reuters report], coming a week after a mass shooting in a black church by a...   +read more

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