Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A group of Republicans in the state Capitol introduced several bills aimed at expanding access to firearms, including allowing for ...

Republicans in Wisconsin's state legislature have advanced a series of bills that expand gun rights and allow 18-year-olds to carry concealed weapons in schools and other public areas. The bills now ...

The shape of the legislation shifted along the way, but in a rare bipartisan vote (The Assembly voted 68-2; the Senate tally was 25-8) state lawmakers sent Gov. Scott Walker a concealed-carry bill.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “I fear for my life on campus now, going to class each day with the knowledge that, at any moment, my lecture hall might become ...

MADISON — Wisconsin residents would be able to carry concealed firearms without obtaining a state license that requires training under a change in state law a Republican candidate for governor said he ...

Wisconsin’s concealed carry law allows anyone 21 or older to apply for a license, good for five years. Only a small group of individuals — including convicted felons — may be denied a license.

Wisconsin’s law allowing concealed weapons takes effect Tuesday. But the reality is few will have the proper permit to carry. The state Department of Justice will make the permit application available ...