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Legal Information: Wisconsin

State Gun Laws

Updated: 
December 14, 2023

What is the definition of a felony?

Throughout these gun law pages, we will refer to gun laws that make it illegal for someone convicted of a felony to have a gun. A felony is a more serious crime than a misdemeanor. Wisconsin state law defines a felony as a crime that is punishable by imprisonment in the Wisconsin state prisons.1

1 Wis. Stat. § 939.60