{"id":4175,"date":"2011-07-08T20:35:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-08T20:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2011\/07\/08\/and-then-there-was-only-one\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:15:23","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:15:23","slug":"and-then-there-was-only-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=4175","title":{"rendered":"And Then There Was Only One"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:17308,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/twitpic.com\\\/5n57tg&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250126143501\\\/http:\\\/\\\/twitpic.com\\\/5n57tg&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 08:05:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 08:05:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Illinois is now the only state left that does not have some form of concealed carry or any carry for that matter.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI) signed SB 93 today in Wausau, Wisconsin which approved concealed carry for those in the Badger State. From the NRA-ILA who was there along with NRA Exec. VP Wayne LaPierre:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>Fairfax, VA. \u2013 Today, National Rifle Association (NRA) Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre and the NRA&#8217;s Institute for Legislative Action Executive Director Chris W. Cox joined Governor Scott Walker as he signed the Wisconsin Personal Protection Act into law. This makes Wisconsin the 49th state to give law-abiding citizens an option to carry a concealed firearm for personal protection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor everyday crime victims, Right-to-Carry is the difference between no chance and a fighting chance. That is why the NRA&#8217;s commitment to freedom, the Second Amendment and the self-defense rights of good people everywhere never wavers,\u201d said LaPierre. \u201cToday&#8217;s signing ceremony is proof of the value of the hard work, dedication and perseverance of NRA members in Wisconsin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an historic day for the Right-to-Carry effort not only in Wisconsin, but across the country,\u201d said Cox.  \u201cThe fundamental, individual, God-given right to self-defense must be respected.  I\u2019d like to thank Senators Galloway and Zipperer, Reps. Mursau and Suder and Gov. Walker for their dedication to freedom.\u201d <br \/>\n\u201cBy signing concealed carry into law today, we are making Wisconsin safer for all responsible, law abiding citizens,\u201d said Gov. Walker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to thank the NRA for all their hard work over the past 10 years\u2014they never gave up the fight for Wisconsinites to defend themselves,\u201d said Sen. Pam Galloway.  \u201cWhile we were both disappointed that Constitutional Carry did not have the necessary support in the legislature to pass this year, we know that SB 93 represents one of the most freedom-oriented licensing laws in the entire country and it\u2019s a tremendous first step toward our ultimate goal of adopting Constitutional Carry in the Badger State.  I look forward to continuing this battle alongside the proud members of NRA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both chambers of the Wisconsin legislature voted to approve one of the nation\u2019s strongest Right-to-Carry bills by solid bipartisan margins.  Today\u2019s signing of the Wisconsin Personal Protection Act into law leaves Illinois as the only state that provides no way for its citizens to carry firearms for self-protection outside their homes or places of business.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitpic.com\/5n57tg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Share photos on twitter with Twitpic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Share photos on twitter with Twitpic\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/twitpic.com\/show\/thumb\/5n57tg.jpg\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Click on picture to embiggen.<\/td>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illinois is now the only state left that does not have some form of concealed carry or any carry&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[158,3776,26,1446],"class_list":["post-4175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-concealed-carry","tag-gov-scott-walker","tag-nra","tag-wisconsin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4175"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6943,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4175\/revisions\/6943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}