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Concealed weapons laws not matching the hype, states find

By STEVE WALTERS swalters@journalsentinel.com, Journal Sentinel

Tuesday, November 4, 2003

Madison -- With the Assembly poised this week to repeal the ban on concealed weapons that passed in 1870, Wisconsin finds itself at the center of a national debate over whether such measures promote a "Wild West" mentality or allow law-abiding citizens to protect themselves.

It's a fight over handguns that divides individual Wisconsin lawmakers, and it has Republicans who have already pushed the change through the state Senate facing off with Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle, who has promised to veto it.

The same emotional dialogue has occurred in 45 ...

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