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Wisconsin measure would prevent "emergency" gun confiscation.(Inside Track)(Brief article)

The New American

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On November 15, 2007, a public heating was held in Wisconsin for a measure sponsored by Republican State Representative Scott Gunderson that would prevent state and local law enforcement officials from confiscating guns and ammunition from law-abiding citizens in the event of an emergency. The text of the bill that passed the state Assembly on December 11 by a vote of 84-13 states that a person granted emergency powers during a natural or man-made disaster "may not exercise the powers to restrict the possession, transfer, sale, transport, storage, display, or use of firearms or ammunition during an emergency."

The Wisconsin measure was prompted by concerns over the ...

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