[AFreeBird]

Words and deeds are the calling card of any man's character. That's part of it. That and probably honed senses of the Sheriff, for who's good, and who needs an eye kept on them.

And some places (towns or establishments) required you to check your gun at the door, or town limits. You were free to pick them back up on your way out.

[Secret Agent Man]

There is pre-emption law in the WI state constitution. Local govts cannot make laws that deprive citizens of their state constitutionally-protected rights.