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Article: Committee lifts concealed weapons ban; The bill must pass both houses of the Legislature and be signed by Gov. Jim Doyle to become law
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
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- October 14, 2003
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The state's 130-year-old ban on concealed
weapons would be lifted under legislation a state Senate committee
approved Monday after making changes supporters said would generate
more support for the bill.
Three Republicans on the Senate Judiciary, Corrections and Privacy
Committee voted in favor of the bill; the committee's two Democrats
were not in attendance.
Sen. Dave Zien, R-Eau Claire, the committee's chairman and one of
the bill's authors, said the proposal would go before the full Senate
for a vote next week.
It has to pass both houses of the Legislature and be signed by
Gov. Jim Doyle to become law.
But the changes, including giving employers and private property ...