"Emergency" rules for CCW in Wisconsin

Since there's only a bit more than two weeks for the Wisconsin Department of Justice to formulate the details of our new CCW law, which goes into effect on Tuesday, November 1st, our Attorney General Van Hollen has come up with a bunch of "emergency" rules - 41 pages of them. Text here. The top ten pages are explanations of legal stuff and comparisons with the laws of the three adjoining states with CCW.

If Governor Walker approves these rules, CCW will go into effect as planned, and the legislature can modify the emergency rules to be more in line with the intent of the law. If the Governor refuses to accept these rules, CCW implementation will be delayed until the DOJ gets its' house in order.

Highlights:

*A license costs $37, is good for five years, renewal is $12. There's a $13 fee for a "background check". This is interesting, since the Wisconsin "Handgun Hotline" charges $13 for a check before allowing us to obtain a handgun.


*You need a valid Wisconsin driver's license or state ID.

*You need to complete a minimum 4 hour training course. Here's where it gets gnarly:

(2) Except as otherwise provided in sub. (1), for purposes of satisfying the requirements of sub. (1)(b), (c), (d), (e), (f), or (g), a certificate or affidavit documenting that the applicant has successfully completed a firearms safety or training course must include all of the following information: 

(a) The applicant’s name. 

(b) The name of the firearms safety or training course. 

(c) The length in hours of the firearms safety or training course. 

(d) The date on which the applicant completed the firearms safety or training course. 

(e) The city and state in which the applicant completed the firearms safety or training course. 

(f) The name, address, and telephone number of the person or entity responsible for the firearms safety or training course. This may be an individual instructor, a national or state organization, a law enforcement agency, an educational institution, a firearms training school, or another public or private institution or organization. 

(g) The name of the instructor who taught the firearms safety or training course to the applicant and the name of the agency or organization that certified the instructor. 

(h) A signed statement by the instructor who taught the firearms safety or training course to the applicant affirming that the course satisfied the definition of a firearms safety or training course in s. Jus 17.03(8) and that the applicant successfully completed the course. An affirmation that the applicant merely attended the course is not sufficient to satisfy this requirement.  

That means my daughter's and my NRA Pistol certificates are not sufficient, and both of us need to pay out $$$ for a properly formatted certificate.

Most of the other stuff is details of how to handle applications, rejections, revocations, and renewals.

All in all, not nearly as scary as some people make it out to be.