Wisconsin Carry, Inc. v. City of Madison

¶ 1. This case involves the validity of a rule adopted by the City of Madison's Transit and Parking Commission that prohibits a person from traveling in a city bus with a weapon (the "bus rule"). Wisconsin Carry, Inc., an organization that describes itself as a "gun rights organization," and one of its members, Thomas Waltz (collectively "Wisconsin Carry"), brought suit asking the circuit court to declare that the bus rule is preempted by Wis. Stat. § 66.0409.1 The circuit court declined to issue the requested declaration, concluding that § 66.0409 limits preemption to municipal "ordinances"…