The Scoop
I found more info on
www.packing.org that talks about preemption here in Wisconsin.
Here is the relevant excerpt from the
Wisconsin State Statutes 66.0409
66.0409 Local regulation of firearms.
66.0409(1)(b)"Political subdivision" means a city, village, town or county.
66.0409(2) Except as provided in subs. (3) and (4), no political subdivision may enact an ordinance or adopt a resolution that regulates the sale, purchase, purchase delay, transfer, ownership, use, keeping, possession, bearing, transportation, licensing, permitting, registration or taxation of any firearm or part of a firearm, including ammunition and reloader components, unless the ordinance or resolution is the same as or similar to, and no more stringent than, a state statute.
66.0409(4)(b)If a political subdivision has in effect on November 17, 1995, an ordinance or resolution that regulates the sale, purchase, transfer, ownership, use, keeping, possession, bearing, transportation, licensing, permitting, registration or taxation of any firearm or part of a firearm, including ammunition and reloader components, and the ordinance or resolution is not the same as or similar to a state statute, the ordinance or resolution shall have no legal effect and the political subdivision may not enforce the ordinance or resolution on or after November 18, 1995.
It looks like the Madison Gander Mountain is still observing the city ordinance, that it expired in 1998!! What a bunch of idiots. I think I am going to send a nice friendly email to the general manager of the Madison Gander Mountain, and alert him to his mistake.
EDITED
I just called and talked to Mic who is the General Manager of the Madison Gander Mountain. I told him of my concern with the lack of handgun sales, and he explained the problem. The city of Madison turned firearms sales into a zoning issue!!! It is legal to sell handguns, but not if you are not zoned for it!!! He said that the corporate office has done everything they can to get around the ordinance but they have not been able to figure out what to do. He said corporate has received allot of angry letters but people don't realize that it isn't an outright ban on firearm sales just a zoning ban which unfortunately is legal.