Anything short of constitutional carry is a win for the anti-gunners! I personally will NEVER pay for a God-given right. Currently illegal possession of a firearm is a misdemeanor in Wisconsin. I know one of the last shall-issue bills was going to bump that to a felony! Yet a lot of people wanted the bill passed. I will just continue to risk the misdemeanor until constitutional carry is recognized in Wisconsin.
An admirable position, but demanding constitutional carry is a good way to get nothing. The hidden trick on open carry becoming a felony is known and it isn't going to happen IF all the lawful gun-owners write and ask for the law to be like Kansas, Alaska, Arizona and other shall issue states where open carry is legal. [Kansas is still in the process of tuning the law, soon cities will no longer be able to ban loaded open carry, but it takes time. Just a few years ago we were worried about no carry at all.
The problem is that if the law says you can carry without a license and you're openly carrying; there will be calls to 911 from the sheep. If a cop is sent to check on that "man with gun call" [probably will] and finds a 30 or 21 year old working family man/woman all you've done is waste some of the cops time.
If the 911 call goes in because a citizen sees a group of young men walking down the alley behind their home, the police and the home-owner voter doesn't know what to do except prepare for the worst and roll 4 cars.
If the group with the guns are free of any criminal record but are planning something illegal...
Anyway, right now, except for pizza delivery, you can open carry in Wisconsin because the state Supreme Court said you can. If you want to conceal, get a license and you can travel, walk near schools, etc. Only Illinois is a hold-out. I think by 2012 even Illinois will be shall issue.
