{"id":2307904,"date":"2024-07-25T11:45:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T15:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-ends-ban-on-carrying-firearms-while-fishing-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-25T11:45:19","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T15:45:19","slug":"wisconsin-lifts-ban-on-carrying-firearms-while-fishing-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-lifts-ban-on-carrying-firearms-while-fishing-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin lifts ban on carrying firearms while fishing &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwisconsin-lifts-ban-on-carrying-firearms-while-fishing-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2307904&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Wisconsin has\u2062 decided to lift its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-dem-leads-charge-against-bidens-mail-order-abortion-regs\/\" title=\"Texas Dem Leads Charge Against Biden\u2019s Mail-Order Abortion Regs\">long-standing prohibition<\/a> on carrying firearms while \u200dfishing, following a \u200blegal challenge. The state&#8217;s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) responded to pressure from the Wisconsin Institute for\u2063 Law &#038; Liberty, a \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessee-restaurant-sues-biden-administration-over-white-males-pushed-to-the-back-of-the-line-for-pandemic-relief\/\" title=\"Tennessee Restaurant Sues Biden Administration Over White Males \u2018Pushed To The Back Of The Line\u2019 For Pandemic Relief\">conservative law firm<\/a>, which contested the ban citing Second Amendment rights. This change will\u200d allow anglers to carry firearms while engaging in recreational fishing activities.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Wisconsin ends ban on carrying firearms while fishing<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1712419\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/wisconsin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Wisconsin<\/a> is ending its long-standing rule that banned carrying firearms while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fishing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>fishing<\/a> after facing a legal challenge.<\/p>\n<p>The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources agreed to end the ban on anglers, or those who fish recreationally, from carrying firearms Wednesday. The DNR was facing pressure from the Wisconsin Institute for Law &amp; Liberty, a conservative law firm in the state, over its challenge to the ban on the basis of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/second-amendment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>constitutionality<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This action by the DNR properly restores the liberties provided by our Constitution to our client and thousands of Wisconsin fisherman,&rdquo; WILL associate counsel Skylar Croy, who brought the case forward, said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/will-law.org\/wisconsin-dnr-agrees-to-repeal-anti-firearm-rule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>statement<\/a>. &ldquo;Mr. Kobs and the many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utah-axes-gun-permit-requirement\/\" title=\"Utah Axes Gun-Permit Requirement\u00a0\">law-abiding gun owners<\/a> can once again exercise their constitutional right without fearing unlawful enforcement.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Since 1999, the DNR had prohibited carrying&nbsp; &ldquo;any firearm&rdquo; that &ldquo;might be used for the purpose of fishing.&rdquo; The WILL argued that the rule was the equivalent of a complete firearm ban.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The changes will be implemented &ldquo;as soon as possible&rdquo; and both sides have agreed to a joint motion to dismiss the lawsuit, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/wisconsin-fishing-guns-firearms-149d5b57dcc3c4ecd64be3cec021ad39\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>Associated Press<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With the rule change, anglers will still be prohibited from using their firearm to shoot at fish.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1712419\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1712419\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wisconsin has\u2062 decided to lift its long-standing prohibition on carrying firearms while \u200dfishing, following a \u200blegal challenge. The state&#8217;s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) responded to pressure from the Wisconsin Institute for\u2063 Law &#038; Liberty, a \u2062conservative law firm, which contested the ban citing Second Amendment rights. This change will\u200d allow anglers to carry firearms &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2307905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/fishing.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[9473,7486,4124],"class_list":["post-2307904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-firearms","tag-fishing","tag-wisconsin"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/fishing.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2307904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2307904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2307904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2307905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2307904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2307904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2307904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}