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Firearms & Weapons

• Agencies/Organizations
  • ATF Online: Firearms Enforcement
    • Firearms Publications
  • FBI: National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NCIS)
  • WI Dept. of Justice Handgun Hotline
• Concealed Carry / Concealed Weapons
  • Concealed Carry (WI Dept. of Justice)
    Includes link to act, emergency rules implementing the law, training requirements, and FAQs.
  • Carrying and Possessing Firearms in Wisconsin (WI Legislative Reference Bureau)
  • Concealed Carry and Hunting (WI Dept. of Natural Resources)
  • Concealed Weapons Licensure and Handgun Purchaser Background Checks (WI Legislative Fiscal Bureau)
  • WI Statutes: s. 175.60 "License to carry a concealed weapon"
  • Forms
    • Concealed Weapon Application (WI Dept. of Justice)
• Domestic Violence & Surrender of Firearms
  • Firearms Surrender Laws (WI Coalition Against Domestic Violence)
  • WI Prosecutor’s Domestic Abuse Reference Book (WI Dept. of Justice)
• Felons & Surrender of Firearms
  • WI Statutes: s. 813.125(4m) "Restriction on Firearm Possession; Surrender of Firearms"
  • WI Statutes:  s. 938.341 "Delinquency Adjudication; Restriction on Firearm Possession"
  • WI Statutes:  s. 941.29 "Possession of a Firearm"
  • WI Statutes:  s. 973.176(1) "Notice of Restrictions: Firearm Possession"
• Forms
  • WI Court forms related to firearms
    Includes Petition to Return Firearm(s), Petition for Removal of Firearm Restriction, Order Concerning Return of Firearms, Notice of Firearms Possession Penalties, etc
• Hunting
  • Hunting Regulations (WI Dept. of Natural Resources)
  • Concealed Carry and Hunting (WI Dept. of Natural Resources)
• District of Columbia v. Heller:  The Supreme Court and the Second Amendment (Congressional Research Service, 2008)
• Firearms Laws in Wisconsin (WI Legislative Reference Bureau)
• Gun Control Legislation (Congressional Research Service)
• Open Carry Of Firearms And Wisconsin’s Disorderly Conduct Statute, Wis. Stat. § 947.01: Advisory Memorandum (WI Dept. of Justice)
• Pepper Spray (WI Bureau of Consumer Protection)
• Right to Bear Arms (WI Legislative Reference Bureau, 2004)
• WI State Law Summary (Legal Community Against Violence)

The Law (Additional statutes, regulations & opinions may apply to your specific situation.)

• WI Constitution: Art. 1 sec. 25 "Right to Keep and Bear Arms"
• WI Statutes: s. 66.0409 "Local Regulation of Firearms"
• WI Statutes: s. 167.31 "Safe Use and Transportation of Firearms and Bows"
• WI Statutes: s. 175.30 "Purchase of Firearms in Contiguous States Permitted"
• WI Statutes: s. 175.35 "Waiting Period for Purchase of Handguns"
• WI Statutes: s. 175.37 "Warning Whenever Transferring a Firearm"
• WI Statutes: s. 175.60 "License to carry a concealed weapon"
• WI Statutes: s. 813.12 (4m) Domestic Abuse "Notice of Restriction on Firearm Possession; Surrender of Firearms"
• WI Statutes: s. 941.20 - 941.299 "Crimes Against Public Health and Safety: Weapons"
• U.S. Constitution: 2nd Amendment
• U.S. Code: 18 USC 1715 "Firearms as Nonmailable..."
• U.S. Code: 18 USC 921-930 "Firearms"
• U.S. Code: 22 USC 2778 "Control of Arms Exports and Imports"
• U.S. Code: 26 USC 5801-5872 "Machine Guns, Destructive Devices, and Certain Other Firearms"

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Last Updated: April 8, 2013 | Up to Top