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Article: Packing concealed heat Law enforcement and legislators split on bill
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- Wyoming Tribune-Eagle
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- February 25, 2006
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By Juliette Rule
rep9@wyomingnews.com
CHEYENNE - Bearing arms might be easier in Wyoming if some law
enforcers-turned-lawmakers have their way. And that's alarming to two
police organizations in the state.
House Bill 78, a measure allowing citizens who have lived here at
least 90 days to carry a concealed weapon without a permit, passed
the House on third reading Friday morning.
The bill was approved on a 37-23 vote, and it now is headed for
the Senate. You might think officers and lawmakers would be on the
same side with this one, but they're not.
At first, the bill didn't spark much interest from the Wyoming
Association of Sheriffs and Chiefs of Police. But when support for it
was found ...