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Man carrying loaded guns around school arrested
WQOW Eau Claire ^ | Jul 24, 2013

Posted on 07/25/2013 8:52:46 AM PDT by Sopater

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To: thorvaldr

UnConstitutional infringement of RKBA.

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21 posted on 07/25/2013 9:34:19 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (I will not comply.)
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To: glyptol

Hoping he has his ducks lined up legally speaking.

As it was presented in the article, I’m not seeing a real crime committed here.


22 posted on 07/25/2013 9:35:16 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (I will not comply.)
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To: edpc
Does this 1000ft “law” apply to the homedwellers?

No, not in Wisconsin while in your home or on your property.
23 posted on 07/25/2013 9:36:19 AM PDT by Sopater (Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? - Matthew 20:15a)
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To: Sopater

Good. That would be absurd. I know the passage said “certain exceptions” and I figured that would be one. Thanks for clarifying.


24 posted on 07/25/2013 9:40:44 AM PDT by edpc (Wilby 2016)
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To: Sopater

“It’s illegal to have guns within 1,000 feet of a school unless someone falls under certain exceptions, but police say the man refused to identify himself or state his intentions, saying only he was within his rights.”

D’oh! If you are going to exercise your carry rights, you need to know about any legal exceptions, like this school zone thing. You also need to know whether, in your state, you are legally compelled to present ID or answer some questions from law enforcement.


25 posted on 07/25/2013 9:55:06 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Dead Corpse

It is a forfeiture for a person to knowingly possess a firearm (concealed or otherwise) at a place that the person knows or has reasonable cause to believe is within 1,000 feet of the grounds of a school. Wis. Stat. § 948.605(2)(a).


26 posted on 07/25/2013 10:02:38 AM PDT by Sopater (Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? - Matthew 20:15a)
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To: Sopater

RKBA > Wisconsin Statute.

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27 posted on 07/25/2013 10:04:49 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (I will not comply.)
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To: edpc

Exceptions to 1000 ft. rule:

- On private property that is not part of school grounds. Wis. Stat. § 948.605(2)(b)1m and 18 USC 922(q)(2)(B)(i).

- A person who is a CCW licensee or out-of-state CCW licensee may possess a firearm within 1,000 feet of the grounds of a school, but not in or on school grounds. Wis. Stat. § 948.605(2)(b)1r.


28 posted on 07/25/2013 10:07:27 AM PDT by Sopater (Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? - Matthew 20:15a)
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To: Dead Corpse; All

A young man was carrying a legal rifle legally in Wisconsin a few years ago. The police arrested him after someone in the department did a search and found that he was (by one measurement) within a thousand feet of a school.

The young man spent (as I recall) 30 days in jail before a judge through out the charges.

I thought he might have a case for abuse of civil rights, but this was before Wisconsin passed its shall issue law and strengthened its protections for open carry.

Several Wisconsin agencies have paid out settlements over the years.


29 posted on 07/25/2013 10:11:52 AM PDT by marktwain (The MSM must die for the Republic to live. Long live the new media!)
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To: Boogieman
D’oh! If you are going to exercise your carry rights, you need to know about any legal exceptions, like this school zone thing.

This law definitely came up in the CC class I took here in WI so this guy should have known better.

30 posted on 07/25/2013 10:15:54 AM PDT by Mopp4
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To: Sopater
...police say the man refused to identify himself or state his intentions, saying only he was within his rights.

Check the photo surveillance records of the nearby mosques.

31 posted on 07/25/2013 10:16:39 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed &water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS, NOW & FOREVER!)
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Photo of the alleged perp, Mark J. Hoffman.

From here: http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2013/07/24/police-man-openly-carrying-guns-arrested-near-wis-school/
32 posted on 07/25/2013 10:21:33 AM PDT by Sopater (Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? - Matthew 20:15a)
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To: Sopater

So, if you Conceal Carry and you drive past a School you can be arrested?

Is there some sort of Navigation System that can give you an alternate route around all the Schools to get to your destination?


33 posted on 07/25/2013 10:29:21 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (They can follow the Communist, I'll follow the Constitution...)
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So, if you Conceal Carry and you drive past a School you can be arrested?

No, not if you're a permit holder.

See Post# 28
34 posted on 07/25/2013 10:33:23 AM PDT by Sopater (Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? - Matthew 20:15a)
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To: thorvaldr

Oh, I agree. Police at a traffic stop, which is about the only encounters I’ve had with them, can be rude and snotty. The worst are the women state policewomen, in my experience. It’s very annoying.

But people have to learn not to get angry back. If it gets serious, get a lawyer or whatever is called for, but whatever you do, never answer back to a cop. Always be polite, no matter how rude and stupid the cop is. It’s a matter of self-protection, as well as a duty to be polite to people.


35 posted on 07/25/2013 10:35:25 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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Police at a traffic stop, which is about the only encounters I’ve had with them, can be rude and snotty.

The others are snotty and rude.

36 posted on 07/25/2013 10:36:07 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Cicero

“The worst are the women state policewomen, in my experience.”

If they are a “minority”, their attitude can be even worse. They have several things to prove to da white man. I heard one say, “You have to respect me”. I respect them alright, just as I respect a rattlesnake.


37 posted on 07/25/2013 11:04:09 AM PDT by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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To: TexasRepublic
I respect them alright, just as I respect a rattlesnake.

Good way to put it. Why ask for trouble? Those guys are only too ready to give it to you.

38 posted on 07/25/2013 12:10:48 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: thorvaldr; All

“Actually, in this case, this guy was committing a crime and they probably will look up what to put on their forms and charge him with that too.”

Almost certainly not, or they would have charged him with the crime.

There have been several cases in Wisconsin where the police overstepped their bounds, almost exactly like this, and settled out of court. The difference in this case is the proximity to the school, which will turn out to be no difference because he was almost certainly one of the named exceptions.


39 posted on 07/25/2013 12:40:28 PM PDT by marktwain (The MSM must die for the Republic to live. Long live the new media!)
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To: Kickass Conservative

Nope. But the area surrounding Act 35 and long guns is a gray area as there is no case law to determine whether or not 939.52(3)(b) applies to one or both.


40 posted on 12/11/2013 10:10:19 AM PST by nathanpieters
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