The push to let you legally carry a concealed weapon is back on. Supporters are working to get the bill back before the state Legislature. Opponents are trying to stop it in its track, again.

The last concealed weapons bill was vetoed just about a year and a half ago, but Republican lawmakers have come up with some changes that they hope will help draw more support from law enforcement.

Rep. Scott Suder (R-Abbotsford) says, "The new provisions would be extensive firearms training and safety course for anyone who receives a permit and extensive background check for anyone that receives a permit."

The way that these requirements differ from the 2003 bill is that the burden of doing background checks would be taken away from the sheriffs and put on private organizations and other forms of law enforcement.

But at a press conference at Wausau's City Hall Tuesday, a spokesperson from WAVE, or Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort, Ryan Kulik, says he believes it's about money.

He says, "Up here in WI, hunting is very big and they do very good business up here, but they don't do as well with these types of guns, and now they wanna sell you more."

He says research has shown that states that have passed concealed weapons laws have significantly higher crime rates, and many local police chiefs agree.

Chief Dan Vergin of the Everest Metro Police Department says, "In Wisconsin no one other than a police officer can carry a concealed weapon, and we believe that has helped contribute to the safety of our citizens."

Supporters of the bill say that legalizing concealed weapons would not increase violence, because only the best citizens would ever pass a background check; they believe criminals already are getting guns elsewhere.

Chief Vergin says that more than 90 percent of police chiefs polled in 2003 opposed that version of the bill, but that would go down to 60 percent if the provisions were included.