Walker’s Conceal Carry law has loophole where guns could be allowed in Wisconsin kindergartens

Posted on December 19, 2011


Just when you thought the Fitzwalkerstan Cult couldn’t be any more dangerous to Wisconsin, it’s been discovered that there is a loophole in the new gun laws signed into law by Scott Walker.

The new Conceal Carry law, rushed through without perhaps checking out some minor details, makes it illegal to carry a concealed weapon in and around schools from Grades 1-12. They forgot the K, as in Kindergarten. As Rick Perry would smirk and say… Oops.

The new law makes it illegal to carry a concealed weapon in and around schools. But an older law that generally prohibits people from knowingly possessing a firearm in or on school grounds includes a loophole when it comes to certain facilities.

“Under the current statutory definition of ‘school,’ the students at West School would not be protected under the same laws granted to other students across the state,” Baraboo School District Administrator Crystal Ritzenthaler said.

The state’s gun-free school zones law defines a school as a public, parochial, private or tribal educational facility that serves grades 1 through 12 and is commonly known as an elementary, middle, junior high, senior high, or high school. The definition does not include kindergartens.

Kindergartens located within schools that also serve any grade from 1 through 12 are protected by the law, but “stand alone kindergartens” are not.

Ritzenthaler notified Rep. Fred Clark, D-Baraboo, of the legal glitch and requested that the Legislature revise the statute.

Clark said his staff has examined a list of Wisconsin schools and reached out to administrators to determine how many kindergartens may be unprotected under the current law. They have so far identified 16 facilities.

“And we’re only about halfway through the list,” Clark said, adding that the exclusion of kindergartens from the gun-free school zone law was likely unintentional.

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Based on how Walker and the Fitzwalkerstan Cult have enjoyed passing legislation that takes away health care benefits, school funding and other needed programs for children in Wisconsin, maybe it was intentional.