Suppressor law
Carve-out in flux
Legal, but the state exception is written for federally registered owners. Since the ATF's October 9, 2026 policy, new purchases cannot register — the statute is untested for them.
| Statute | Wis. Stat. § 941.298(2), (3)(c) |
| Notes | § 941.298(2) makes selling/delivering/possessing a firearm silencer a Class H felony; the only civilian exception is the federal-keyed (3)(c) (26 USC 5801-5872). With ATF no longer enforcing NFA approval/registration for covered suppressors effective Oct 9, 2026 (state law unchanged), a new unregistered suppressor cannot satisfy § 941.298(3)(c) — possession of it would be a Class H felony in WI. State v. Barrett, 2020 WI App 13 (no Second Amendment protection for silencers). Official docs.legis.wisconsin.gov was DNS-unreachable from the sandbox; text verified via the Justia 2025 mirror (full section) and corroborated by the official WI DNR weapons page. |
| Hunting | Conditional — WI DNR hunting regulations: it is illegal to 'use or hunt with a suppressor or silencer, unless the hunter possesses the proper federal firearm license that authorizes possession and use of the device'; NFA-compliant suppressors are lawful for hunting, post-Oct-9 unregistered suppressors are not. |
Federal context: suppressor tax $0 since Jan 1, 2026 (OBBBA); ATF stopped enforcing NFA approval/registration Oct 9, 2026. State law is unchanged and independently controls.
Carry law
A Wisconsin permit is honored by 35 other states.
| Permit type | Shall Issue |
| Constitutional carry | No |
| Duty to inform | No proactive duty |
| Open carry | Allowed |
| Minimum age | 21 |
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