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Article: Committee modifies concealed weapons bill
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
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- October 22, 2003
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Committee modifies concealed weapons bill
Guns would be banned at UW, in most churches, hospitals
By STEVEN WALTERS swalters@journalsentinel.com, Journal Sentinel
Wednesday, October 22, 2003
Madison -- A legislative committee Tuesday rewrote major parts of
a controversial bill that would make Wisconsin the 46th state to
allow residents to carry concealed weapons, setting up the bill for
an expected Senate showdown this week.
Defying the veto threats of Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle, the
Legislature's Joint Finance Committee voted, 13-3, to send the bill
to the full Senate after recommending changes that would generally
ban concealed weapons in churches, hospitals, nursing homes, day care
centers ...