What items will be prohibited at the RNC convention in Milwaukee?
There’s a long list of banned items inside the “soft” perimeter of the RNC convention, but guns aren’t on it. Wisconsin Gov. Evers has asked for a rethink.
The Republican National Convention is set to begin on Monday, July 15, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In light of the attempted assassination of the GOP presumptive nominee Donald Trump, Governor Tony Evers has requested that firearms be banned from the area within the “soft” perimeter surrounding the Fiserv Forum arena in Downtown Milwaukee.
Currently, guns will not be allowed within the “hard” security zone, which is under the control of the US Secret Service. While City Hall wanted to ban all guns, along with a long list of other items, which includes water guns and tennis balls, within the wider security ‘footprint’, state law prohibited enacting firearm restrictions more stringent than those of the State of Wisconsin.
What items will be prohibited at the RNC convention in Milwaukee?
Wisconsin is both a concealed carry and open carry state but that doesn’t mean that all firearms are allowable. For example, people are not allowed to carry fully automatic weapons, machine guns, short-barreled shotguns or silencers which are all of prohibited under state law.
In preparation for the Republican National Convention, the Milwaukee Common Council approved a prohibition on a host of items from the security footprint zone. Below is the full list of items that have been banned:
For additional information regarding the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee the city has provided a frequently asked questions page.