No permits or training needed to carry guns in Wisconsin?

Wouldn’t matter if it was concealed or not or if person was from out state.

There were hours of testimony in front of a Wisconsin state Senate committee Wednesday on changing rules for carrying guns in the state.

Little drew as much attention as this nugget from the NRA’s Scott Meyer, addressing his comments towards a black state Sen. from Milwaukee, Lena Taylor.

“One of the great equalizers after Emancipation Proclamation, was firearm ownership for the blacks,” Meyer said.

The bar for carrying guns in Wisconsin will get a lot lower if the proposal in Madison turns into law.

The bill essentially ends permits and training for those who want to carry guns – concealed or not, even if they’re from out of state.

It’s a perplexing concept to Democratic state Sen. Fred Risser.

“How do we know that they aren’t people who couldn’t carry a gun in any other state but they come into Wisconsin and, all of the sudden, they’re free to carry a gun?” Risser asked.

The proposal would also end the ban on carrying guns on school property, though a federal gun zone law for schools would still be in place.  

“We’re looking at modifying an individual being able to come into a parking lot and pick up and drop off their child or grandchild without being found guilty of a felony,” Republican Sen. Van Wanggard said. “I mean, that is absolutely ridiculous.”

The bill would also end statewide bans on carrying guns in places like police stations, prisons and mental hospitals.