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Chapter 9 - Peace and Order

conceal upon or about one's person.

Dangerous Weapon shall mean any object or instrument which, by its capabilities of
use, is capable of producing death or great bodily harm or any other device or
instrumentality which, in the manner it is used or intended to be used, is calculated or
likely to produce death or great bodily harm. The following are dangerous weapons per
se: gun, pistol, rifle, airgun, blackjack, billy, sandclub, sandbag, bludgeon, sling shot,
slung shot, pistol, revolver, bow and arrow, crossbow and/or shaft, or any instrument
which impels a missile by compressed air, spring or other means in the form of a
ball, bullet, slug, shot, arrow or BB pellet, whether the propelling force is gun powder,
explosives, compressed air, mechanical action, or any other force. In addition, any
weapon upon which loaded or blank cartridges are used, cross knuckles, knuckles of
any metal, barbed or blade type, arrowhead, bowie knife, dirk knife, dirk dagger,
switch blade knife or any knife which has a blade that may be drawn without the
necessity of contact with the blade itself but is instead automatically opened by slight
pressure on the handle or some other part of the knife and is commonly known as a
switch blade knife, straightedge razor or any other knife having a blade three inches
(3”) or longer, weapons known as Kung-Fu sticks or chuck sticks, which are basically
2 or more pieces of wood or other material connected by a piece of chain or other
material. Instruments not herein specifically enumerated are nonetheless dangerous
weapons when they fall within the terms of the above definition.

Discharge shall mean to shoot off, fire or release the trigger of any object or instrument
that impels or releases a missile by compressed air, spring or other mean in the form of
a ball, bullet, slug, shot, knife, arrow or BB pellet, whether the propelling force is gun
powder, explosives, compressed air, mechanical action, or any other force.

Firearm shall mean any gun, pistol, rifle, air gun, bow and arrow, crossbow and/or
shaft, or other device used to propel a missile in the form of a ball, bullet, slug, shot or
BB pellet, whether the propelling force is gun powder, explosives, compressed air,
mechanical action, or any other force.

Peace officer shall mean any person specifically employed as a law enforcement officer
as defined by sec. 165.85(2)(c), Wis. Stats.

(2) PROHIBITIONS.

(a) Concealed Dangerous Weapons. No person, except a bona fide Peace
Officer, may go armed with a Dangerous Weapon or carry a Concealed
Dangerous Weapon.

State Law Reference: Sec. 941.23, Wis. Stats.

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