Someone revived this dead thread... wow... and there's my post saying I wouldn't turn on SZ ever again... LOL... crap... busted.
An interesting point: EAA banned firearms from the museum. The rest of the event would probably fall under Wisconsin's "Special Event" law, which states signage must be posted at "every entrance" to the event in order to ban firearms from the event.
Even trickier: Wisconsin has a specific carve-out of the "Special Event" law that says if the firearm was "driven" to the location and remains in the "parking lot" that's okay, even IF the Special Event is posted as not allowing arms.
So... is the North-40 a "Parking Lot"? Are the entrances to it, clearly marked as not allowing firearms? Heh...
I don't really care... I just thought I'd toss the legal beagle BS out there for the crowd to mull over. The reality is, all the folks waxing poetically about how wonderful OSH is, and yes... it really really is that wonderful... probably also slept within a few hundred feet of at least one firearm in the North-40, probably many more.
'Cause hard-core concealed carry folk, carry all the time, and make sure no one knows they have it. It's just like putting on their pants in the morning. Damned hard to do in hot weather and light clothing. Additionally, there's a sub-set of folks who'd just have it in a lockbox in their aircraft.
(For the record, I don't even answer the question of whether or not I have a permit... that's for me to know, and you to find out the hard way.)
The "EDC" crowd, or "Everyday Carry" does make for some entertaining reading sometimes, though. The only folks more committed to personal freedom are the "EDOC" crowd... Everyday Open Carry... those folk are fun to watch. Especially when they shoot -- no pun intended -- video.
Flying GA and concealing would be tricky in the modern legal world of concealed carry law, since you could land in a State along the way that doesn't recognize your State's permits. And then there's the varying language specific to airports in most State laws, which usually reads something like "Can't have a firearm past the security checkpoint of an airport..." but we GA folk, do we go through Security Checkpoints? And the language in some States is more convoluted than that...
Divert into a state that doesn't honor your permit and land at a big airport... ruh-roh... Of course, in some States, you'd fall under the "travel through" rules, as long as you had a lockbox to stuff the thing in. Then there's places like Denver City and County who'd say the lockbox can't be "in the passenger compartment" of the vehicle... hmm... no trunk in a Cessna...
Flying GA with a firearm, probably deserves a whole thread of its own, really. That'd be entertaining. Probably wouldn't get many takers who'd say stuff like, "I always fly with a gun and I've landed at all these places listed..." The law is hairy enough, perfectly normal law-abiding folks can trip over technicalities and minor differences between States, so if folks are doing it, they're not exactly going to advertise it.
If there's one set of broken laws that I'd be happy to see change to something sane nationally, it's concealed carry law... similar sentiments to the gun-grabbers, who want national controls, I say it's one Country, and if you're issued a permit, your permit is good everywhere...
But... that ain't how it actually shakes out. That whole "State's rights" thing gets in the way, and probably rightly so.
Anywhoo... just looking up info for fun...
Wisconsin Honors Permits from these States:
Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virgin Islands, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming
Wisconsin Does Not Honor Permits from these States:
Alabama, Alaska, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Guam, Maine, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York City, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Vermont, American Samoa, Illinois, N. Mariana Islands
(From
http://www.usacarry.com/concealed_carry_permit_reciprocity_maps.html )
With some odd-ball exceptions, like they'll honor Alaska permits after early 2013, since Alaska changed how they issue permits to Wisconsin's liking...
And, of course, you still have to know Wisconsin-specific laws about where...
So... LOL... so all you folks that live in States on that second list, you're all second-class Citizens in the eyes of Wisconsin! Also note the distinct absence of Illinois on both lists... probably a good thing, those nutbags there can't get control of the worst murder rate in the U.S.
Here's Wisconsin's Concealed Carry FAQ for your reading enjoyment. Count up all the weird little loopholes that they created with bad wording... if you dare. (No worries, every State does it...)
http://www.doj.state.wi.us/sites/default/files/dles/ccw/ccw-faq.pdf